Amid worsening air high quality, Delhi chief minister Atishi on Thursday introduced that main faculties within the nationwide capital will change to on-line courses.
“Attributable to rising air pollution ranges, all main faculties in Delhi can be shifting to on-line courses, till additional instructions,” the chief minister stated in a submit on X.
The announcement got here hours after the Delhi authorities introduced that the third stage of the Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP), meant for lowering air air pollution, would come into impact on Friday morning.
The GRAP Stage III curbs embrace a ban on building and demolition actions and plying of BS-lll petrol and BS-IV diesel gentle motor automobiles.
GRAP for the Nationwide Capital Area (NCR) is classed below 4 totally different phases of antagonistic air high quality in Delhi: Stage I — ‘poor’ (AQI 201-300); Stage II — ‘very poor’ (AQI 301-400); Stage III — ‘extreme’ (AQI 401-450); and Stage IV — ‘extreme plus’ (AQI >450).
The air high quality within the capital remained within the “extreme” class for a second consecutive day on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Delhi reported the worst AQI within the nation, with the air high quality turning ‘extreme’ for the primary time this season.
Earlier as we speak, Delhi’s setting minister, Gopal Rai, attributed the worsening air high quality to a mix of calm winds and a drop in temperature that triggered the pollution to stay trapped within the air.
Addressing a press convention, Rai stated that there had been a change within the climate sample throughout the previous two days. He added that wind speeds are anticipated to choose up between Friday and Saturday, which ought to assist cut back air pollution ranges within the metropolis.
“…It’s predicted that there can be a lower within the stage of air pollution resulting from rising temperatures… Total, there’s a probability that the extent of air pollution which was elevated, will get decreased,” Rai was quoted as saying by ANI.
