Delhi need not panic over pollution: Environment minister

In the wake of slight improvement in the Delhi-NCR region’s air quality, Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that people of Delhi shouldn’t panic, and appealed that the Graded Response Action Plan must be implemented “earnestly and meticulously” by the concerned state governments.
 

The Minister stressed that for the first time, this year, a “focused” approach has been adopted to deal with an emergency-like situation through the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).

A task force has been set up to review the air quality in Delhi-NCR well in advance, Harsh Vardhan said.

“The people of Delhi need not panic, as several