Delhi air air pollution: GRAP-III applied as air high quality worsens to ‘extreme’

Because the air high quality of Delhi deteriorated to the “extreme” class on Saturday (December 13, 2025) morning, the Fee for Air High quality Administration in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has imposed stage 3 of Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP), a set of emergency measures to manage air air pollution.

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“The CAQM GRAP Sub-Committee in the present day has taken the decision to invoke all actions as envisaged below Stage-III of extant GRAP – ‘Extreme’ Air High quality (DELHI AQI ranging between 401-450), with fast impact, in your entire NCR. That is along with the actions below Phases I & II of extant GRAP already in-force in NCR,” an official assertion stated.

Stage 3 of GRAP features a ban on development and demolition actions in your entire NCR.

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Additionally, courses for college kids as much as grade 5 should be mandatorily shifted to ‘hybrid mode’ in Delhi and in addition in Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddh Nagar districts of the NCR.

It additionally features a ban on plying of BS III petrol and BS IV diesel LMVs (4 wheelers) in Delhi and in addition in Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar of the NCR.

Earlier within the day, a thick blanket of smog shrouded the nationwide capital and the air high quality index (AQI) stood at 397. Of the overall monitoring stations in Delhi, 21 had been within the ‘extreme’ class with AQI readings crossing the 400-mark, knowledge from the Central Air pollution Management Board (CPCB) confirmed.