India, Dec. 19 -- Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav has directed authorities in NCR to ensure a visible improvement in air quality across NCR within one week. Yadav was chairing a high-level meeting to undertake a detailed review of action plans of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, along with concerned municipal bodies, on Friday as the air quality index once again deteriorated to 376 in the "very poor" category.

This was the fourth in a series of such review meetings.

Yadav said meetings will be held every month from January 2026 to review action plans prepared by state governments and that implementation-related bottlenecks would be addressed through regular inter-state coordination meetings at the highest level.

Yadav revie...