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The Centre on Saturday removed stringent curbs, including a ban on construction work related to linear projects and the entry of polluting trucks into Delhi, in view of the dip in air pollution levels
The pollution in the national capital has worsened with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for one-third of the air pollution in Delhi.
Primary schools shut, secondary schools can take classes online, says Delhi Education Minister Atishi.
A dense and pungent haze with a concentration of PM2.5 blanketed the skyline of Delhi-NCR on Thursday.
It also found that 67.4 per cent of the country's population lives in areas that exceed the country's own national air quality standard of 40 g/m3.
The ban has pushed about half the 1,695 units in a cluster of small industries around one of the world's most polluted capitals to use biomass.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), very dense fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres, 51 and 200 is dense, 201 and 500 moderate, and 501 and 1,000 shallow.
The national capital's overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 331 at 9 am, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 303 on Thursday morning, while the PM 10 level was 195 or "moderate".
Amid increasing pollution levels in Delhi, all primary schools in the national capital will be closed from Saturday onwards until the air quality improves, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday.