GRAP stage-1 imposed in Delhi-NCR as air quality dips to 'poor' category

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As air quality deteriorates in the Delhi-NCR,  stage-1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been imposed by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the national capital. The anchor notes, 'seeing what's happened in the last many years, we're not really hoping for the best here.' With the Air Quality Index (AQI) entering the 'poor' category, a series of preventive measures have been activated. These initial steps include a ban on open waste burning and the enforcement of strict dust control measures at construction and demolition sites. The report highlights the recurring nature of this environmental crisis at this time of year, reflecting a sense of skepticism about the efficacy of the measures based on past experiences.

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00:00and it's that time of the year again where delhiites are choking the air quality started

00:11declining and so you've got now restrictive measures being put in place in the national

00:16capital region what's referred to as a grab one in a four-stage plan the first stage has already

00:22been implemented to ensure that prohibitory steps are taken preventive measures to ensure

00:27the pollution levels don't go up but seeing what's happened in the last many years we're not

00:34really hoping for the best here we know what's going to happen at this point the measures that

00:38have been put in place is that construction companies will implement strict dust control

00:42measures open burning of waste will also be banned steps perhaps that many would think

00:46should have been implemented much earlier as well but the pollution levels have gone back up today

00:53in the national capital region it reached the poor levels and that's what's led to now steps being

00:58taken for the grab action plan to be brought into effect immediately

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