Keep implementing GRAP Stage 4 even if air quality improves: SC to Delhi government
The Supreme Court’s directive came on a day when the capital’s air quality index touched 493, the highest this winter.
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The Supreme Court on Monday directed the governments of Delhi and adjoining areas in the National Capital Region to continue implementing strict anti-pollution measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan, or GRAP, till further orders even if the air quality improves to settle below an index value of 450, reported The Hindu.
The court also rapped the Delhi government for delaying the implementation of stricter anti-air pollution measures under GRAP Stage 4. The GRAP is a set of incremental anti-pollution measures that are triggered to prevent the further worsening of air quality once it reaches a certain threshold in the National Capital Region.
This came on a day when the city’s air quality index touched 493, the highest this winter, reported India Today.
The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region ordered the implementation of GRAP Stage 4 measures from Monday, barring the entry of trucks into the capital and temporarily halting the construction of public projects.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih noted that there had been a delay in implementing the measures under Stage 4 despite alarming levels of air pollution in Delhi.
“The moment the AQI reaches between 300 and 400, Stage 4 has to be invoked,” the bench told the...
