New Delhi, April 2 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday invoked the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage-I in Delhi-NCR after the national capital's air quality deteriorates.

The decision was taken after the Sub-Committee on GRAP in its meeting reviewed the air quality scenario in the region, as well as the IMD/IITM forecasts and air quality index of Delhi and observed that AQI of Delhi has shown increasing and has been recorded as 217 for 02.04.2025 (in 'Poor' category).

Following that, the Sub-Committee decided to invoke all actions under Stage-I ('Poor Air Quality) of the extant GRAP in the entire NCR, with immediate effect.

"Actions under Stage-I of the extant GRAP shall be implemented, monitored and...