Nearly half (123 out of 248) of Indian cities with more than 80% data coverage from continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAAQMS) recorded monthly average PM2.5 concentrations above India’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) of 60 μg/m³. Not a single city complied with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) daily safe guideline of 15.
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in Delhi-NCR has imposed Stage I of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). The action comes after the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the region dropped to 211, categorising it as ‘poor’, according to a statement released by the Commission. The Commission also considered the predictions.
