As the festival of Diwali and winter season draw near, Delhi-NCR is gearing up to meet the severe air quality challenge that it faces every year around this time. A Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has been notified and is already in place – and October 17, 2017 is the day from when Very Poor and Severe categories of GRAP will be imposed till March 15, 2018. This was announced in a press conference by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), the committee constituted by the Central government following orders passed by the Supreme Court of India in 1998.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/status-and-action-be-taken-status-and-action-be-taken-under-graded-response-action-plan
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution-control
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/delhi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-air-quality
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-pollution-control-authority-epca
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rspm-pm-10
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/congestion
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
