The Delhi government on Thursday ordered all government and private offices in the Capital to operate with no more than 50% staff on premises, directing the remaining employees to work from home.
The mandate, issued by the Department of Environment & Forests under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, forms part of the emergency restrictions enforced under Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
The move follows a persistent decline in air quality, with PM2.5 and PM10 levels remaining well above permissible limits through the winter stretch. Delhi has been classified as an air pollution control area since 1987, and authorities have progressively invoked higher GRAP stages since mid-October on the instructions of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM). The latest measures are aimed at reducing emissions from traffic and other on-ground activities as the Capital battles yet another prolonged pollution episode.
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