An anti-smog gun sprays water at India Gate in New Delhi to curb air air pollution. File |Picture Credit score: ANI
Air high quality within the capital remained within the “extreme” class on Wednesday (12 November 2025) morning and for the second day because it worsened for the primary time this season, in accordance with official knowledge. This comes a day after the Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP)-III was activated throughout Delhi and the Nationwide Capital Area (NCR).
Based on the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB), Delhi’s 24-hour common air high quality index (AQI) was 414 at 9 am, with a number of monitoring stations breaching the 400 mark.
Amongst all monitoring stations, Wazirpur recorded the very best AQI of 459, which falls beneath ‘extreme’ air high quality, whereas NSIT Dwarka monitoring station recorded an AQI of 215, which falls beneath ‘poor’ air high quality.
The implementation of GRAP III, a set of emergency measures to regulate rising air air pollution, entails a ban on development and demolition actions throughout the Delhi Nationwide Capital Area (NCR) in addition to a ban on the operation of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar.
This restriction comes into impact pursuant to orders issued by respective state governments. Current restrictions beneath the primary two levels of GRAP stay in impact in GRAP III.
CAQM additionally introduced that courses as much as grade 5 will transfer to hybrid mode.
The CPCB mentioned “extreme” air pollution ranges would have an effect on wholesome folks and would additionally severely impression these with pre-existing circumstances.
Air high quality is predicted to enhance to the “very poor” class by Wednesday, in accordance with official knowledge.
Based on the CPCB, an AQI of 51 and 100 is known as “passable,” 101 and 200 is “average,” 201 and 300 is “poor,” 301 and 400 is “very poor,” and 401 and 500 is “extreme.”
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