India, Dec. 21 -- The construction activities ongoing across several sites in Noida and Greater Noida, despite the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap)-4 norms being enforced, has attracted penalties of Rs.1.27 crore in the last two days, Greater Noida authority officials said on Saturday.

According to officials, On Friday alone, penalties totalling Rs.78.25 lakh were imposed on 32 companies and individuals for flouting Grap-4 restrictions. The action followed inspections by work-circle teams deployed across sectors, villages and industrial pockets of Greater Noida.

Noida, meanwhile, continued to be the most polluted city in the country on Saturday, registering a "severe" air quality index (AQI) of 401, while Greater Noida saw a "very poo...