The strong winds helped filter out bad air further and brought the Air Quality Index (AQI) to the lower end of the "poor" category, with a reading of 231 at 4pm on Monday. It was 269 (poor) at the same time on Sunday and will likely improve to the "moderate" zone by Tuesday.
The improvement in air quality prompted the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR to lift Stage 2 of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) immediately on Tuesday. Grap Stage 2 calls for preventive measures such as sprinkling water on roads, mechanised sweeping, regular monitoring of construction and demolition sites, and augmentation of bus and Metro fleet across Delhi-NCR.
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