air quality Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) witnessed a slight improvement on Monday, but schools in the region are expected to remain closed for physical classes on Tuesday, November 26, as no further notice in this regard was issued by the authorities concerned in the region. Has gone. Reopening of educational institutions.
Due to the critical situation, physical classes have been suspended for more than a week in Delhi-NCR – Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad. air pollution,
Grap-IV rule
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to consider relaxing the norms under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-IV for educational institutions, noting that many students are not getting mid-day meals. They may not be able to attend online classes, or have access to an air purifier.
Last week, GRAP-IV was imposed in the national capital after the air quality index (AQI) crossed the 450 mark and the apex court had said restrictions cannot be relaxed without its approval.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and AG Masih made it clear that it is leaving it to the Commission to decide to what extent the norms applicable in GRAP III and GRAP-IV till date can be relaxed or exceptions can be made .
The Commission has been directed to take a decision on this issue by Monday or Tuesday morning so that it can be implemented from Wednesday.
The matter is scheduled to come up before the apex court again on November 28.
Delhi AQI
According to the latest CPCB data, Delhi’s air quality improved from ‘poor’ on Monday.
According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, the national capital’s air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 281 at 9 am, while it was 318 at 4 pm on Sunday.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, between 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, between 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, between 201 and 300 ‘poor’, between 301 and 400 ‘very poor’ and 401 and between 500 is considered ‘severe’.
However, 15 out of 39 monitoring stations in Delhi recorded AQI in the ‘very poor’ category. Shadipur had the worst AQI with a reading of 353.
