Delhi Chief Minister Atishi
Delhi schools have been closed for children up to class 5 from today. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi gave this information on Thursday. While giving information about its Let us tell you that after pollution reached dangerous levels, central pollution monitoring organization CAQM imposed restrictions under GRAP-3 in Delhi-NCR from Friday.
CM gave reasons
Air quality in the national capital remained in the ‘severe’ category for the second consecutive day, forcing authorities to take strict measures to curb pollution. The restrictions come into effect starting today, Friday. CM Atishi, who is also in charge of the education department, said in a post on Twitter: “Due to rising pollution levels, all primary schools in Delhi will conduct online classes until further instructions.”
In view of this, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has directed the principals of all government, private, Delhi Municipal Corporation and Delhi Municipal Council schools not to call children to school until class 5, the DoE said that until further orders, online. There will be classes available for them. Classes must be organized.
When is UVA applied?
For information, we inform you that the measures that will be taken within the framework of the third phase of the Graduated Response Action Plan (GRAP) announced by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) include the transfer of schools up to class 5 to online mode. The GRAP for the National Capital Region (NCR) has classified Delhi into four different stages of adverse air quality: 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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