Overview
- Only Stage 3 is currently active as AQI sits in the severe range, and authorities clarified Stage 4 has not been triggered.
- The revised framework allows higher-tier measures to kick in earlier, with 50% office attendance at Stage 3 and staggered timings at Stage 2 issued as advisories.
- Responding to court concerns over children's exposure, CAQM advised NCR states to postpone outdoor school sports scheduled for November and December.
- NCR governments were directed to ensure uninterrupted power, expand CNG and electric buses, and enforce stubble-burning rules, while paying subsistence allowances to workers affected by construction bans.
- Enforcement on the ground has been stepped up under Stage 3 with checks on older or high-emitting vehicles, PUC violations and penalties including fines and possible impoundment, as the court set a 10 December review.