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GRAP-4 regime back in Delhi as AQI dips to severe plus category

GRAP is abbreviated as graded response action plan
GRAP-4 regime back in Delhi as AQI dips to severe plus category
Some rainfall or winds can help the national capital in reducing the alarming air pollution levels. Photographs by Vikas Choudhary/CSE
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The air quality index (AQI) has once again soared above the 400 mark in Delhi which has prompted authorities to reintroduce the highest level of graded response action plan (GRAP-4).

GRAP-4 regime dictates that all construction and demolition activities in the capital should be banned, ban on the entry of trucks in Delhi and suspension of classes VI to IX and class XI.

The government authorities are entitled to suspend non-essential commercial activities under the GRAP-4 regime.
The government authorities are entitled to suspend non-essential commercial activities under the GRAP-4 regime.

The GRAP-4 also calls for allowing work from home for 50 per cent of the employees in government and private offices.

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