The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reported AQI readings across Delhi, with Anand Vihar recording 402, marking a "severe" category, while Patparganj and Vivek Vihar stood at 385 and 387, respectively.

Delhi's air quality worsens, triggering Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). Restrictions include a ban on certain inter-state buses and older diesel commercial vehicles entering the city.

GRAP was activated for the first time in Delhi in October this year when air quality crossed the 300-degree mark. As the city is shrouded in smog, these actions aim to reduce the negative impact of air pollution on public health and the environment.

Persons with disabilities are exempted from restrictions on BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel cars in Delhi and NCR districts, including Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Budh Nagar.

The GRAP-4 curbs entail a ban on trucks except for those carrying essential items or using clean fuel. Construction activities at public projects have been temporarily halted while non-essential light commercial vehicles registered outside Delhi were prohibited, except for EVs and CNG and BS-VI diesel ones.

After the implementation of GRAP-3 restrictions, checking has been intensified in different locations of the national capital. Under these, non-essential diesel-operated medium goods vehicles with BS-IV or older standards are banned within Delhi.

A Central air quality panel for Delhi-NCR has invoked GRAP III after a sharp rise in pollution levels. Delhi's AQI stood at 367 at 2 pm. "Considering the highly unfavourable meteorological conditions including calm winds and very low mixing height leading the AQI of Delhi into the higher end of the very poor category,