India, Nov. 27 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday revoked Stage III restrictions of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR after a marginal improvement in pollution levels, while retaining measures under Stages I and II with stricter enforcement.

The decision came as Delhi's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) improved slightly to 327, shifting from the "severe" to the "very poor" category. The capital had been reeling under toxic air for several consecutive days, prompting the Stage III curbs last week.

With the rollback, activities such as non-essential construction, entry restrictions on certain heavy vehicles, and bans on BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel cars in parts of NCR have been lifted. How...