India, Jan. 23 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region revoked stage-3 of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) on Thursday amid declining air quality index (AQI) in the city and forecast for "moderate" air quality on both Friday and Saturday.

Meanwhile, the city was also unusually warm on Thursday, with the maximum temperature clocking 27.1degC - seven degrees above normal and the highest for Delhi in January in seven years. The last time it was higher was 28.7degC on January 21, 2019.

Environmental experts, however, questioned the timing of CAQM's decision to ease restrictions, and called for the Grap implementation process to be automated to avoid any "rush".

Delhi's 24-hour average AQI st...