The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) on November 05, 2023, issued an order regarding the Implementation of Actions under Stage-IV ('severe+’ Air Quality) of the revised Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi-NCR.
Currently, all actions up to Stage III of the GRAP are already in force in NCR w.e.f. November 02, 2023.
The sub-committee has decided to take the following actions:
1. Stop entry of truck traffic into Delhi (except for trucks carrying essential commodities/ providing essential services and all LNG/CNG / electric trucks.
2. Do not permit LCVs registered outside Delhi, other than EVs / CNG / BS-VI diesel, to enter Delhi, except those carrying essential commodities / providing essential services.
3. Ban on plying of Delhi registered diesel operated Medium Goods Vehicles (MGVs) and Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in Delhi, except those carrying essential commodities / providing essential services.
4. Ban C&D activities also in linear public projects such as highways, roads, flyovers, overbridges, power transmission, pipelines etc.
5. NCR State Govts and GNCTD may take a decision on discontinuing physical classes even for classes VI – IX, and class XI and conduct lessons in an online mode.
6. NCR State Governments / GNCTD to take a decision on allowing public, municipal and private offices to work on 50% strength and the rest to work from home.
7. The Central Government may make appropriate decisions on permitting work from home for employees in central government offices.
8. State Governments may consider additional emergency measures like the closure of colleges/ educational institutions and closure of non-emergency commercial activities, permitting the running of vehicles on an odd-even basis of registration numbers etc.
[Notification No. 1200 17 I 27 I GRAP/ 2O2U CAQM]
