Manjinder Singh Sirsa

Rule Changes

Said on November 1 that enforcement would focus first on border entry points and that the government would mostly request compliance until Diwali.

Delhi's winter pollution controls began on November 1, and the region moved to the stricter Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan on November 6 as the citywide air quality index reached 382. The post-Diwali spike pushed the index to about 370 by noon on November 9, the highest reading for the day after Diwali in five years.

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