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The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Friday lifted Stage III measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) across Delhi-NCR following an improvement in air quality.
"The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi, which was recorded as 380 ('very poor' category) on Thursday, has significantly improved and recorded 236 ('poor' category) at 4 pm on Friday, exhibiting a trend. Keeping in view the prevailing trend of air quality, the CAQM Sub-Committee on Grap decides to revoke all actions as envisaged under Stage-III of the extant GRAP, with immediate effect, in the entire NCR," an official said, as quoted by PTI.
However, restrictions under Grap I and II will continue to remain in force across NCR, the official added.
The CAQM attributed the improvement in air quality to strong winds and favourable meteorological conditions. It also said that forecasts from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) have predicted that the AQI will remain in the poor to very poor category in the coming days.
The IMD has forecast cold wave conditions at isolated places in Delhi between January 2 and 5. Dense to very dense fog is likely during the night and morning hours until January 6.
Very light rain or drizzle was recorded at isolated locations, while skies remained partly cloudy through the day. A similar pattern is expected to continue, with moderate fog at many places and dense to very dense fog at a few locations during the morning hours.
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