The degrees of PM2.5 and PM10 have additionally declined to 75 microgram per cubic metre and 170 microgram per cubic metre respectively, from 87 microgram per cubic metre and 191 microgram per cubic metre in 2024.
The fee in an announcement mentioned a pointy decline in farm fireplace incidents has been noticed in Punjab and Haryana.
Punjab reported 4,062 circumstances between September 15 and November 9 this yr, down by 35.2 per cent from 6,266 throughout the identical interval final yr.
Haryana recorded a 65.3 per cent discount, with solely 333 fireplace occasions in comparison with 959 in 2024.
Senior CAQM officers are repeatedly reviewing the scenario with state governments and different businesses to make sure strict enforcement of statutory instructions in opposition to stubble burning, the panel mentioned. The assertion mentioned over 23 lakh tonnes of legacy waste have been bio-mined in Delhi, whereas a further 7,000 tonnes per day of waste-to-energy and 750 TPD of bio-CNG capability are being developed. Surveillance at landfill websites has been strengthened with CCTV cameras, methane detectors and fire-suppression methods. Measures beneath Levels I and II of the Graded Response Motion Plan (GRAP) are in drive throughout NCR since October to stop additional deterioration in air high quality.
CAQM mentioned all inter-city buses from NCR states now function on cleaner fuels and entry of BS-III and beneath industrial items autos into Delhi has been banned from November 1.
Almost 96 per cent of NCR industries have shifted to accepted fuels and over 1,500 non-compliant models have been shut.
Over 4.37 crore saplings have been planted throughout NCR to date this yr, exceeding annual targets, the fee mentioned.
