CPCB readies 40 teams to track polluters as NCR air quality worsens

Newly formed teams to help implement preemptive measure under revised GRAP; Delhi govt has created 300 separate teams

As the air quality in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) starts to worsen, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has deployed 40 teams to keep a check on pollution offenders, according to officials.

These newly formed teams will help in the implementation of the preemptive measure set under the revised Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle air pollution in Delhi and its adjacent areas. The teams will take action depending on the severoty of the situation under GRAP, which kicked in from October 1, onwards.

“Apart from these 40, the Delhi government has also created around 300 such teams,” an official from