The Delhi government has notified a permanent winter anti-pollution framework that will come into force every year from November 1 to February 28, introducing mandatory measures for vehicles, offices, construction activities and public spaces to tackle the city's seasonal air pollution.
Issued under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the framework consolidates previous winter pollution orders into a single set of annual rules. It mandates compulsory Pollution Under Control (PUC) compliance, restrictions on older vehicles, work-from-home norms, construction curbs, higher parking charges, anti-smog systems for large buildings and strict action against open waste burning. The government said stricter measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) will continue to override these directions whenever they are invoked.
