Amid rising air pollution in the national capital, the Delhi metro is set to run 20 extra trains across its network starting from November 3. This measure has been taken to encourage people to take public transport services in place of using personal vehicles to reduce the pollution in the city, pollution control authorities said.
The deteriorating air quality has been a serious concern for the residents of Delhi. The AQI was recorded at 460 at 7 a.m. on November 3 under the ‘severe’ category. This has been the worst air quality for the national capital this year. It was at 422 at 10 p.m. on Thursday and was gradually worsening over the past several days.
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The Delhi metro has already running 40 additional metros on weekdays since October 25 when the GRAP-II stage came into force.
"In view of the implementation of GRAP-III stage to combat pollution in Delhi, the DMRC will be further adding 20 extra trips across its network starting tomorrow i.e, 3rd November 2023 (Friday)," the DMRC said in a statement.
"Thus, from tomorrow, the DMRC will be running a total of 60 additional trips as part of its measures taken under GRAP to encourage more and more people to use public transport in Delhi-NCR," it added.
Moreover, directions were issued by the Centre's pollution control panel to ban non-essential construction work in Delhi-NCR on Thursday. It also banned the entry of diesel-run trucks into the capital as the air quality in the city entered the 'severe' category.
The GARP has four categories of action, which are Stage I - 'Poor' (AQI 201-300); Stage II - 'Very Poor' (AQI 301-400); Stage III - 'Severe' (AQI 401-450); and Stage IV - 'Severe Plus' (AQI >450).
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