Delhi’s three-day run of ‘extreme’ air air pollution ended on Tuesday (January 20, 2026) morning, with town’s common Air High quality Index (AQI) exhibiting a marginal enchancment and settling within the ‘very poor’ class at 395.
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The Fee for Air High quality Administration on Tuesday (January 20, 2026) revoked the ban on entry of vans into Delhi and different measures because the air high quality of the nationwide capital improved barely to the ‘very poor’ class.
The measures had been part of the stage IV of the Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP), a set of short-term emergency measures to manage air air pollution.
Nonetheless, all actions beneath stage I, II, and III of the GRAP, together with a ban on development and demolition actions in the complete NCR (together with Delhi) and a ban on plying of BS III petrol and BS IV diesel LMVs (4 wheelers) in Delhi and within the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Budh Nagar, amongst others will proceed.
Lessons of scholars as much as grade 5 will nonetheless be performed in hybrid mode (each on-line and bodily lessons).
All Delhi authorities workplaces and personal workplaces in Delhi, will proceed to perform with 50% of the workers working from house, as there’s a standing order from the Delhi authorities to take action, each time stage 3 of the GRAP is enforced by the CAQM.
“Preserving in view the disruptive nature of restrictions beneath Stage-IV of extant GRAP impacting a lot of stakeholders and public in addition to contemplating the development of enchancment within the common AQI of Delhi, the GRAP Sub-Committee unanimously decides to revoke Stage-IV of the extant schedule of GRAP in the complete NCR, with instant impact,” the CAQM mentioned in a press release.
The air high quality is more likely to be within the ‘very poor’ class for the subsequent three days, as per official knowledge.
Printed – January 20, 2026 06:05 pm IST
