The air quality in Delhi has become hazardous as a thick layer of haze has covered the city. According to the air quality monitoring organisation the situation is becoming worse now, the overall AQI in the national capital on Thursday morning at 6 am was recorded at 487 in the severe plus category.Combating the same, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai has called for review meeting on Thursday at the Delhi Secretariat to discuss and enhance the enforcement of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) rules to combat the citys pollution crisis.According to the sources, the meeting will explore the steps that can be taken to ensure that provisions of GRAP 4 can be taken firmly on the ground. The decision of review meeting has come when the national capital has been grappling with the bad air quality. While speaking to ANI, Gopal Rai earlier in the day said, “After Diwali, Delhi has come to a standstill, the wind direction is very slow and temperature is increasing. In this situation, there is stability in the pollution particles that are there on the surface. Were trying to enforce the laws in a better way, that we have implemented to control the source (of pollution)...we have called a meeting at the Delhi Secretariat regarding this...we will discuss steps with which we can implement GRAP-4 law in a better way...#WATCH | Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai says, After Diwali, Delhi has come to a standstill, the wind direction is very slow and temperature is increasing. In this situation, there is stability in the pollution particles that are there on the surface. Were trying to… pic.twitter.com/Z2RZ8YVSYB— ANI (@ANI) November 16, 2023Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Delhi minister said that depending on the situation of air quality, the government will be taking the decision on artificial rain and od-even rule for vehicular movement too.
