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- The air quality in Delhi fell to the ‘Very Poor’ category on October 23 with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at 306.
- Stage II or the ‘very poor’ stage of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) will set in across Delhi-NCR with immediate effect.
- Stage I of GRAP was imposed across Delhi-NCR on October 6.
- The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is a set of anti-air pollution measures, generally implemented in Delhi-NCR during the winter.
- Under GRAP, the government introduces several measures.
- It includes strict restrictions on the plying of obsolete vehicles and a ban on the use of coal and firewood in eateries, restaurants and hotels when the AQI breaches the 200-mark.
- Four different stages of GRAP.
- Stage 1 comes into implementation during ‘poor’ AQI (201-300);
- Stage 2 during ‘very poor’ AQI (301-400);
- Stage 3 during ‘severe’ AQI (401-450); and
- Stage 4 during ‘severe plus’ when AQI is over 450.
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