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Delhi Air Pollution: 'Do not relax anti-pollution GRAP-4 curbs without informing us', SC to Delhi government

DNA Monday, 18 November 2024 ()
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih pointed out that there was a delay in implementation of preventive measures under stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) even after the Air Quality Index (AQI) touched alarming levels in the national capital.
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