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New Delhi : At\u00a0<\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>morning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>layer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>haze\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persisted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>areas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>city\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recording\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“severe”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>air<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>quality<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span>Pollution\u00a0<\/span>Control\u00a0<\/span>Board\u00a0<\/span><\/a>(CPCB)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recorded\u00a0<\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>8\u00a0<\/span>am,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>showing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>RK\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Puram\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>461;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>New\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Moti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bagh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>454;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IGI\u00a0<\/span>Airport\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>area,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>465;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nehru\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>475,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>falling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>severe\u00a0<\/span><\/span>category.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span>Pollution\u00a0<\/span>Control\u00a0<\/span>Board\u00a0<\/span>(CPCB)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>RK\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Puram\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>measured\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>420,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>severe\u00a0<\/span>category\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>408\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>New\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Moti\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bagh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>404\u00a0<\/span><\/span>near\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IGI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Airport,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>433\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nehru\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nagar.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>eve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Diwali<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>city\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>enveloped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>dense\u00a0<\/span>layer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>smog,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spite\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>order,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>toxic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>haze\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persisted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>following\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firecracker\u00a0<\/span><\/span>explosions.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>comparison\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eleven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span>capitals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>examined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increased\u00a0<\/span>levels\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>twelve\u00a0<\/span>hours\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Diwali\u00a0<\/span>celebrations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Eleven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>capital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cities’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PM\u00a0<\/span>2.5\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(fine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>particulate\u00a0<\/span>matter)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>analysed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>National\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Clean\u00a0<\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(NCAP)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tracker.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>nation’s\u00a0<\/span>capital,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>largest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spike,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>noted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intervals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fifteen\u00a0<\/span>minutes.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>At\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pusa,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>reading\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1:30\u00a0<\/span>am\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>November\u00a0<\/span>13\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>999.5\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ug\/m3.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Climate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Trends\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Respirer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Living\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sciences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>collaborated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>create\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>NCAP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tracker,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>online\u00a0<\/span>hub\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recent\u00a0<\/span>information\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>National\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Clean\u00a0<\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Programme\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(NCAP),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clean\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>policy.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Central\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Control\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Board’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(CPCB)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Continuous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ambient\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Air\u00a0<\/span>Quality\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Monitoring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Stations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(CAAQMS)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>data.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Despite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ban\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>popping\u00a0<\/span><\/span>crackers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>capital’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dangerously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span>levels,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fireworks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>let\u00a0<\/span><\/span>off\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Diwali\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>cities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>guarantee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strict\u00a0<\/span>adherence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GRAP-IV\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regulations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>throughout\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>city,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span>Environment\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span>Gopal\u00a0<\/span>Rai\u00a0<\/span><\/span>convened\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>review\u00a0<\/span><\/span>meeting\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>relevant\u00a0<\/span>officers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Secretariat.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>meeting,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rai\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>formation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>six-person\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>task\u00a0<\/span>force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>headed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Environment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>oversee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>proper\u00a0<\/span>enforcement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>monitoring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GRAP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regulations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>task\u00a0<\/span>force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>includes\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Special\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commissioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Transport,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>DCP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(HQ),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Traffic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Deputy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commissioner,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Revenue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(HQ),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Engineers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MCD\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>PWD,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gopal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rai\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>interview\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ANI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>task\u00a0<\/span><\/span>force’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>primary\u00a0<\/span>responsibilities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>daily\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coordination\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>relevant\u00a0<\/span>departments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>resolve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>having\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>implementation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>report\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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