After the air quality improved on Tuesday, the Center issued an order rescinding the Stage-III of GRAP restrictions for the whole NCR.
With the quality of the air in Delhi-NCR having significantly improved, the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), a statutory body tasked with developing plans to tackle pollution in the area, met on Tuesday.
The air quality forecasts by the India Meteorological Department/Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology do not indicate the average air quality of Delhi to move to severe' category in the coming days for which forecast is available, the CAQM said.
The Centre's pollution control panel had invoked the Stage III restrictions on November 2, directing a halt on non-essential construction work, stone crushing and mining in Delhi-NCR.
Under this stage, restrictions were also imposed on the operation of BS III petrol and BS IV diesel four-wheelers in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar.
The city's 24-hour average AQI, recorded at 4 pm every day, improved from 395 on Monday to 312 on Tuesday.
The air quality marginally improved from the ‘severe’ category to ‘very poor’ on Tuesday morning after many parts of the national capital and neighbouring cities received light rainfall on Monday.
(With inputs from PTI)
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