AIR POLLUTION IN NCR

About:

• States and concerned agencies have been advised to be in complete readiness for implementing ‘Emergency Measures’ as listed under Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
  
  
• The adverse air quality scenario in Delhi-NCR as a combined result of paddy stubble burning, vehicular pollution, post-Diwali pollution, dip in temperature and other local factors, was also greatly impacted by a dust storm moving in from the South-Westerly directions of the Thar desert which brought in huge quantities of dust that further amplified the PM2.5 / PM10 levels significantly.
  
  
• The Commission has also identified 5 different areas contributing to the prevailing adverse air quality of Delhi-NCR that need better focus with intensified efforts by the concerned agencies of the State Governments of National Capital Region (NCR) and GNCTD.
  
  
• These areas are:
  • Control of paddy stubble burning incidences;
    
    
  • Control of dust from Construction and Demolition (C&D) activities;
    
    
  • Control of dust from roads and open areas;
    
    
  • Vehicular Pollution; and
    
    
  • Industrial Pollution