Overview
- Justices B. R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran asked the CAQM to consider directing schools to postpone outdoor sports planned for November–December, citing children’s heightened vulnerability.
- The court authorized CAQM to take any proactive measures after reviewing its proposals, and it set year-round, monthly monitoring of implementation in the long-running pollution case.
- Concerns over AQI data integrity were flagged in court, including reports of missing readings and water sprinkling near monitors, with authorities asked to respond and vacancies in pollution boards noted.
- Delhi’s average AQI hovered around 386–392 on Wednesday morning, with at least 16 monitoring stations in the ‘severe’ category and hotspots such as Wazirpur, Bawana and Jahangirpuri exceeding 400.
- GRAP-III curbs remain in force with construction bans, traffic and industrial restrictions, and primary classes moved to hybrid learning, as protests for clean air continued and doctors called the situation life-threatening.