Delhi air high quality extreme for second day with AQI at 414; GRAP Stage III curbs in place

The air high quality within the nationwide capital continued to stay within the ‘extreme’ class on Wednesday morning (November 12, 2025) for the second day because it worsened for the primary time this season, as per official knowledge. This comes a day after the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-III was invoked throughout Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR).

Breaching the 400-mark throughout a number of monitoring stations, Delhi’s 24-hour common air high quality index (AQI) was 414 at 9 a.m., as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Among all monitoring stations, Wazirpur recorded the very best AQI of 459, categorised as ‘extreme’ air high quality, whereas NSIT Dwarka monitoring station recorded an AQI of 215, categorised as ‘poor’ air high quality.

The enforcement of GRAP III, a set of emergency measures to curb rising air air pollution, entails a prohibition on development and demolition actions throughout the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), in addition to a ban on the plying of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Budh Nagar.

The restrictions will take impact following orders issued by the respective State governments. Existing restrictions underneath the primary two levels of the GRAP may also stay in impact underneath GRAP III.

The CAQM additionally introduced that courses as much as grade 5 will shift to hybrid mode.

A ‘extreme’ air pollution degree impacts wholesome individuals and significantly impacts these with current illnesses, in accordance with CPCB.

The air high quality is predicted to enhance to the ‘very poor’ class by Wednesday, in accordance with official knowledge.

An AQI between 51 and 100 is “passable”, 101 and 200 is termed as “average”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “extreme”, as per the CPCB.

With ANI inputs