00:00In fact, we're now getting updates with the levels going above 300 and 400 as well in certain places.
00:06The CAQM will be imposing GRAP 2 in Delhi NCR.
00:10The AQI has breached 300 as an average of Delhi.
00:15And that means that the body CAQM, which met today, is taking a decision on whether or not to impose
00:22GRAP 2.
00:23And orders will be issued shortly, we are told.
00:27Let's take that question quickly and cut across to our reporters.
00:29Anmol Bali joins us from Karnat Place.
00:32Shivani Sharma, live from Lajpatnagar.
00:35Both places busy in this festive season and will be seeing a lot of crowds as well.
00:40So let me begin with Shivani there.
00:43Shivani, talk to me a little bit about the enforcement of BS6 vehicle restriction on the ground.
00:49What exactly are you seeing?
00:50Are the number plates and the car models telling you a story?
00:54And how exactly is the festive spirit and the mood of Delhiites in light of these?
01:03So let's see, this is Diwali week.
01:05And every year when the Diwali week approaches, we also tackle with the pollution levels getting higher.
01:12And now, even as we speak, the GRAP 2 will be imposed in the national capital.
01:17When we talk about the GRAP 2, the enforcements will be stricter.
01:20The measures will be higher.
01:22And you see this is Lajpatnagar market, one of the busiest market that's bustling just before Diwali.
01:29We saw that there were a number of cars while coming to this place, Sonal.
01:34We were expecting that there would be a lesser crowd today.
01:36But no, we saw the roads jammed with vehicles and all sorts of vehicles have been there on the ground.
01:43There have been enforcement claims.
01:44But no such impact is visible here in the national capital.
01:50We see a lot of people here who are traveling here for shopping.
01:55There are people who are using metros and other public transport.
01:58But we see a lot of cars also on ground.
02:01And when we talk about the BS6 vehicles, non-BS6 vehicles are not permitted inside Delhi, which are not registered
02:11in Delhi.
02:11There are many more measures that will be enforced.
02:14The construction work, other than the emergency work, will not be allowed.
02:18There will be no coal usage to handle this situation here.
02:22But you see that every year we talk about these figures going up.
02:27300 is the limit when the GRAP 2 is enforced and GRAP 2 has come into being.
02:32So at multiple places, even today, Sonal, we saw that the air quality index was higher than 400.
02:39You see, this is the market area.
02:41We do not see any lesser crowd today, even after the enforcements have been brought in, the measures that have
02:48been brought in.
02:48We saw a lot of vehicles on roads.
02:50There were checking points.
02:52There are rules that the fuel will be given only after the PUC is checked.
02:57But still, we need to see whether this is enforced properly, as we speak every time when the pollution levels
03:04go up.
03:04So, Diwali, the crowd, and this impact, and the AQI, all is going hand-in-hand.
03:11The claims from the government are there that the enforcements are going on.
03:15But there is no visible effect or impact on the ground.
03:19The vehicles are on the roads, as usual.
03:22And you see, this is a marketplace where people are there for shopping.
03:27And if I try and speak to some people, ma'am, pollution is happening in Delhi.
03:34Do you think that the winter action plan has been made, has there been any impact on the winter action
03:38plan here?
03:39To be very honest, I am not very much aware of the plan.
03:42But yeah, I think there might be the things.
03:46And do you see any impact on the Diwali shopping or on the roads when you were moving?
03:51No, I think the crowd is still the same.
03:54And in fact, the shopping and the market and everything is still going the same.
03:57Because I can see, you know, there is a lot of people and a lot of, you know, crowd in
04:02the market.
04:03So, people are still shopping and coming.
04:05Are you worried about the pollution levels?
04:07Yes, definitely, definitely.
04:08In fact, I myself have the dust allergy.
04:11So, I am currently facing a lot of challenges and issues.
04:14So, I do scare it a lot that, you know, if the pollution increases.
04:19In fact, after Diwali, because that effect will be increased a lot, right?
04:24Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
04:26So, Sonal, there are a lot of people on ground who fear that if this pollution level goes up, what
04:32will happen?
04:33How they will deal with it?
04:34But as the viewer told us that there is no change on ground.
04:39And that's what we have been seeing, that the people are out.
04:42They have to do their Diwali shopping.
04:44The measures have been imposed.
04:45But we have to see again that how strictly they are enforced and what happens to the pollution levels after
04:51the grab too is also into, it has been imposed.
04:56All right.
04:57Details over there.
04:58Shivani actually telling us.
05:00Interesting how one of those bystanders didn't even know what the winter action plan is, leave alone following it.
05:05So, that gives you a clear picture of what really is happening on the ground.
05:09So, that gives me a clear picture of what really is happening on the ground.
