50% Of Delhi Government Employees To Work From Home Amid Severe Pollution

50% Of Delhi Government Employees To Work From Home Amid Severe Pollution


Recently, the Delhi authorities introduced staggered workplace timings for its workplaces

New Delhi:

The Delhi authorities introduced as we speak that fifty per cent of its employees will make money working from home as we speak because the nationwide capital continues to grapple with extreme air air pollution. 

Air air pollution ranges in Delhi-NCR have breached the “extreme” threshold, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) persistently above 450 in lots of areas. This excessive AQI has activated Stage IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) – essentially the most stringent degree geared toward tackling hazardous air pollution.

“To scale back air pollution, Delhi authorities has determined to make money working from home in authorities workplaces. 50% of workers will make money working from home. For its implementation, a gathering can be held with officers at 1 pm as we speak within the Secretariat,” introduced Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai. 

Recently, the Delhi authorities introduced staggered workplace timings for its workplaces and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).  

A ban has been imposed on BS-IV and older diesel medium and heavy items autos (MGVs and HGVs) registered in Delhi, besides these offering important companies. Similar bans apply to BS-III petrol autos as nicely.

Schools for Classes 10 to 12 have been briefly closed to minimise publicity for college kids.

Last yr, the Delhi authorities collaborated with IIT Kanpur to discover cloud seeding as an emergency measure. Preparations for this yr’s operations started in August, however a gathering on that is but to happen.