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Delhi-NCR Air Quality & GRAP
GRAP, the Graded Response Action Plan, is the four-stage winter emergency plan that the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), a statutory body since 2021, switches on as Delhi's AQI worsens. It is in the news for CAQM's winter enforcement push: a revised 48-action schedule on 28 September 2026, then, in early October, Flying Squads against stubble burning in 34 districts of Punjab and Haryana and an order for live camera watch on NCR industries' fuel use.
Last updated 6 October 20267 min read
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Adds CAQM's October enforcement: Flying Squads in 34 Punjab and Haryana districts against stubble burning until 30 November, and PTZ cameras on NCR industries' fuel use by 31 October.
- CAQM
- GRAP
- Delhi air quality
- AQI
- PM2.5
- NCAP
- CPCB
- source apportionment
- HSPCB
- construction and demolition dust
- Rajesh Verma
- Uttar Pradesh
- Yogi Adityanath
- road dust
- electric buses
- Delhi air pollution
- No PUCC No Fuel
- winter action plan
- BS-VI
- Rekha Gupta
- Graded Response Action Plan
- NCR
- stubble burning
- Flying Squads
- PTZ cameras
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