New Delhi. The Supreme Court has given permission to relax GRAP 4 restrictions in Delhi-NCR. The court has directed to implement GRAP 2 sanctions and not to go below that. The Court said that it suggested CAQM to include some additional measures of GRAP 3 in Delhi-NCR until there is further improvement in the air quality index. The Supreme Court said that if AQI crosses 350 then start GRAP 3 and if AQI crosses 400 then immediately implement GRAP 4 restrictions. With this order, now construction work can start once again in Delhi.
SC permits CAQM to relax GRAP-4 restrictions with improvement of air quality index in Delhi-NCR
Air pollution: SC directs CAQM not to go below stage 2 of GRAP restrictions in Delhi-NCR
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Earlier, during the hearing of the case, the Supreme Court reprimanded the Delhi government for not giving compensation to the workers. Delhi government informed the court that subsistence allowance of Rs 2,000 has been paid to 90 thousand construction workers. Expressing displeasure on this, the court said that the workers should have been given Rs 8,000. The Supreme Court asked when will you pay the remaining amount, do you want the workers to die of hunger? During this, the Chief Secretaries of UP, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan governments appeared in the court through video conferencing.
The court had ordered him to be present during the last hearing. Let us tell you that after air pollution reached dangerous levels in Delhi, the Supreme Court had imposed GRAP 4 restrictions. Along with this, instructions were given to close all the schools of Delhi NCR and run online classes. Although a few days later, schools were ordered to run in hybrid mode, no other relaxation was given in GRAP 4 restrictions. The Supreme Court had also reprimanded the Punjab government for burning stubble.
