The Supreme Court on Thursday declined an urgent hearing of a plea seeking measures worsening air pollution in Delhi-NCR and a complete ban on stubble burning.
Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday alleged that the atmosphere in Delhi is getting polluted due to the negligence of Kejriwal and the AAP government.
The primary schools will reopen from today, which were shut down as the Air Quality in Delhi went from bad to worse. Curbs on outdoor activities for secondary school students will also be lifted from today.
The National Capital Region (NCR) also continued to witness bad air as Noida also registered very poor air quality with an AQI of 354 while Gurugram's AQI stood at 326 and continued to remain in the 'very poor' category.
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With the Air Quality Index improved in relative terms, the Delhi government on Monday lifted various bans, imposed earlier, including the ban on the entry of trucks into the national capital.
Even though the air quality in Delhi continued to slide for the second consecutive day from the 'upper end of very poor' to the 'very poor' category, still, it is touching an alarming level on Monday morning as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city stood at 326.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that air pollution-related stubble burning cases have witnessed a rise by 160 per cent in Rajasthan and 20 per cent in Punjab this October as compared to October 2021.
There is no ban on entry of trucks and non-BS 6 diesel light motor vehicles are allowed. But ban on non-essential construction activities which come under GRAP-3 now in force would continue.