Reduce vehicle usage by 30% on emergency basis: GRAP

In the wake of the ‘severe’ air quality in Delhi, the Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP) has advised the government and private offices along with other establishments to reduce vehicle usage by at least 30 per cent on an ’emergency’ basis to curb vehicular emission.The vehicle usage could be minimised by working from home, carpooling, and optimising field activities, etc, a sub-sub-committee of GRAP constituted by Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) order said.GRAP convened a meeting on Friday to review the air quality of the national capital, which was under ‘severe’ category and exceeded the threshold limit of PM10 at 500 Aug/m3 and PM 2.5 at 300 Aug/m3 in Delhi-NCR.



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