SC allows anti-pollution measures under GRAP stage 4 to be relaxed to stage 2 in Delhi
The Supreme Court also asked the authorities to consider introducing a few measures that are under GRAP stage 3.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Commission for Air Quality Management to relax the emergency measures under stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan to stage 2 in view of Delhi’s improving air quality index, Bar and Bench reported.
The Graded Response Action Plan, or GRAP, is a set of incremental anti-pollution measures that are triggered to prevent the worsening of air quality once it reaches a certain threshold in the National Capital Region.
Stage 4 of GRAP mandates a ban on trucks entering the region and halting construction activities for public and private projects. Stage 2 imposes a ban on the use of coal, firewood and diesel generators, except for emergency and essential services.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih on Thursday also asked the air quality panel to consider introducing a few measures that are under GRAP stage 3, which includes a shutdown on all mining and stone crushing activities in the region, among other actions, Live Law reported.
The bench has been dealing with a matter related to air pollution caused by stubble burning, firecrackers, vehicular emissions, garbage burning and industrial pollution in Delhi and the surrounding areas.
On November 17, amid worsening pollution, the Commission for Air Quality Management ordered the implementation of stage 4 of GRAP across the...
