Amidst anti-pollution laws, Ghazipur and Tikri borders are inspected by Delhi police for trucks

As the GRAP 4 laws are in effect, the Delhi police examined the trucks transporting non-essential commodities at the Ghazipur and Tikri borders on Friday night in an effort to reduce the pollution situation in the nation’s capital and guarantee the execution of anti-pollution measures in the city.

Only CNG, electric, and BS VI-compliant cars from other states are permitted to enter Delhi under the last step (step IV) of the Center’s action plan, with exceptions made for those providing critical services.

Images from the border at Ghazipur showed the police force keeping an eye on the trucks that were entering Delhi. Entry into Delhi is restricted to electric trucks and CNG vehicles.

At the border with Tikri, another Delhi Police crew inspected the trucks coming into the nation’s capital.

This development coincides with a little improvement in the city’s hazardous air on Friday after bursts of intense rain.

According to SAFAR, the government’s air-quality monitoring organization, Delhi’s total air quality was 407 on Friday at 7 a.m. The Air Quality Index at 10 am was 361, which is somewhat better than the week-long “severe” category and, based on the index range, falls into the “very poor” category.

The weather service has expected a partly overcast sky with mist or shallow fog in the mornings for the next two days following Diwali Sunday, and mostly clear skies with shallow fog in the mornings for the next two days after that.

In addition to implementing anti-pollution measures, the Delhi government is exploring the possibility of using “artificial rain” as a way to mitigate pollution. On Thursday night, a number of Aam Admi Party ministers were also seen on the ground examining how anti-pollution programs were being carried out.

The nation’s capital is now using Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).