Today, Delhi’s daily average AQI was hovering around the higher end of ‘Very Poor’ category in the morning, prompting the CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP to call a review meeting at 4PM today. The Sub-Committee while reviewing the current air quality scenario of Delhi-NCR and forecasts for weather/ meteorological conditions made available by IMD/ IITM, noted that at 10AM the hourly average AQI of Delhi was 391, which significantly improved to 370 at 4PM today. Given that Delhi’s daily average AQI has since shown a consistent declining trend, with AQI improving to 370 at 4PM and further improving to 365 at 5PM today with the dynamic model and forecasts for weather/ meteorological conditions and AQI by IMD/ IITM also indicating the overall AQI of Delhi to stay in ‘Very Poor’ category in the coming days, the Sub-Committee on GRAP opined that invocation of Stage-III of GRAP is not required at the moment and ongoing measures under Stages I & II of the extant schedule of GRAP to continue in the NCR. The Sub-Committee is keeping a close watch on the situation and will review the air quality scenario of Delhi-NCR accordingly.