Overview
- The air-quality panel CAQM revoked all Stage-III curbs across the NCR after Delhi’s AQI fell to about 236 at 4 pm Friday from 380 a day earlier.
- Measures under GRAP Stages I and II remain in effect, and construction sites shut for violations cannot reopen without explicit orders from the Commission.
- Non-essential construction and demolition, stone crushers, brick kilns, mining and BS-III petrol/BS-IV diesel four-wheelers can resume, and in-person classes up to Class 5 may restart.
- Forecasts from AQEWS, IMD and IITM warn air quality is likely to return to the very poor category from Sunday, with authorities keeping the situation under review.
- Dense fog disrupted operations at Delhi airport on Friday with 66 flight cancellations, and a yellow alert for fog has been issued for the weekend.