New Delhi, Nov 20 (Reporter) In an aim to curb pollution across the National Capital Region and adjoining areas, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday updated the clauses mentioned under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). In the revised plan, the commission has directed the discontinuation of physical classes for children up to Class V across Delhi and the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddha Nagar, mandating that all such classes shift to online mode. It added that state governments may decide on implementing the clause for other NCR districts. The newly revised GRAP also introduces additional measures for the NCR region, including Clause 12 of the third phase of the plan. This clause directs the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and the state governments of adjoining areas specifically Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddh Nagar to implement staggered timings for public offices and municipal bodies. It added that State Governments may decide in this regard for other NCR districts. Under the fourth phase of the plan, the commission has made it mandatory for Delhi and the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar to suspend physical classes for students in Classes VI-IX and Class XI, with lessons to be conducted in an online mode. “The Commission in exercise of the powers conferred upon it under Section 12 of the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021, hereby amends the provisions under the extant schedule of the GRAP issued for implementation with immediate effect,” the Commission said in a notice. “As follows Clause 11 of the schedule under GRAP Stage-III: Implementation of this clause shall be mandatory for the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar. State Governments may decide on implementing the clause for other NCR districts,” it added. “The following additional clause is added under GRAP Stage-VI. Clause 12: GNCTD and NCR State Governments to stagger timings for public offices and municipal bodies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar. State Governments may take a decision in this regard for other NCR districts,” the notice said. “Clause 5 of the schedule under GRAP Stage-IV: Implementation of this clause shall be mandatory for the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar. State Governments may take a decision for implementing the clause for other NCR districts,” the notice added. The CAQM has also recommended that at the end of the Citizen Charter under Stage IV of the GRAP, the sentence “If required to move outdoors, they are advised to wear a mask” may be added...////...