Delhi Enforces GRAP-2 Rules to Fight Winter Pollution
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Delhi-NCR has enforced GRAP-2, a set of pollution control rules, starting 2 November 2026. The measures aim to reduce the city's rising winter smog.
Under the new phase, parking charges will increase sharply, and timings at government offices will be adjusted. Officials say these changes are meant to reduce traffic and emissions.
On the very first day of the Winter Action Plan, authorities collected fines worth ₹68.4 lakh from vehicles that broke pollution rules. This shows how strictly the plan is being enforced.
More than 1,500 vehicles were turned back at Delhi's borders because they did not meet the required pollution standards. This is part of efforts to stop extra polluting vehicles from entering the city.
Delhi faces serious air quality problems every winter, caused by vehicle emissions, construction dust, and smoke from nearby states. GRAP, or the Graded Response Action Plan, is activated in stages depending on how bad the air becomes.
GRAP-2 is the second stage and includes stricter controls than the earlier stage. It usually involves actions like banning the use of diesel generators and increasing public transport frequency.
The Winter Action Plan is a wider government strategy that includes many steps to fight pollution through the cold months, when air quality usually drops the most in Delhi-NCR.
Vocabulary10 words
- GRAP-2
- stage two of a pollution control plan
- Winter Action Plan
- a government plan to fight pollution in winter
- Graded Response Action Plan
- a plan with different levels based on pollution amount
- emissions
- gases and smoke released, often from vehicles
- smog
- a mix of smoke and fog in the air
- fines
- money paid as punishment for breaking a rule
- enforced
- made people follow a rule strictly
- authorities
- officials in charge of managing a place
- border
- the line where one area ends and another begins
- diesel generators
- machines that make electricity using diesel fuel
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1. Reduce pollution in Delhi-NCR 2. They were turned back at the border 3. True
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Delhi-NCR has enforced _____, a set of pollution control rules, starting 2 November 2026.
Under the new phase, _____ charges will increase sharply.
Officials say these changes are meant to reduce traffic and _____.
On the very first day of the _____, authorities collected fines worth ₹68.4 lakh.
More than _____ vehicles were turned back at Delhi's borders.
Delhi faces serious air quality problems every winter, caused by vehicle _____, construction dust, and smoke.
GRAP, or the Graded Response Action Plan, is activated in _____ depending on how bad the air becomes.
GRAP-2 usually involves actions like banning the use of _____.
The Winter Action Plan is a wider government _____ to fight pollution through the cold months.
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