Delhi-NCR pollution plan revised: what changes for vehicles and dust
CAQM’s revised GRAP schedule extends specified vehicle restrictions to Sonipat and broadens monitoring of construction dust.
Delhi-NCR’s air-quality regulator has approved changes to its Graded Response Action Plan, including vehicle restrictions, construction-dust monitoring and the actions assigned to different pollution-response stages. The decision was taken on 28 September and announced the following day.
According to the Commission for Air Quality Management, restrictions covering BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel or lower-standard four-wheelers will also cover Sonipat. The revised schedule moves measures concerning diesel-generator sets and the entry of BS-IV-and-below buses from NCR and adjoining states from Stage II to Stage I.
The commission also approved wider portal-based monitoring of eligible construction and demolition projects beyond municipal limits, including specified development, industrial and highway-corridor areas. The existing threshold of a plot area of at least 500 square metres remains unchanged.
The revised schedule contains 48 actions across four stages. Approval of that schedule is distinct from an order activating a particular stage: this announcement does not establish which restrictions are currently in force. Residents, drivers and project operators should check the applicable activation orders and the complete official schedule for the relevant vehicle category, location and exemptions.