Supreme Court directs Delhi-NCR states to strictly implement GRAP-IV

The Supreme Court on Monday directed Delhi and all the states governments in the National Capital Region (NCR) to strictly implement Graded Response Action Plan IV(GRAP IV) - anti-pollution measures - as air quality index (AQI) remains inthe "severe" category and ordered stopping of the physical classes in the schools including l Oth and 12th standards in the national capital and the adjoining states in the NCR till the situation improves.

- PARMOD KUMAR

The court ordered "All States (in Delhi NCR) should take an immediate call to stop physical classes ofall standards upto class 12," as senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan told the bench that in Delhi students of classes l Oth and 12th were being made to attend classes physically.

Abench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih also directed Delhi-NCR states to immediately constitute teams for monitoring steps/actionswhich are required under GRAP-IV.