Delhi Schools Closed As Pollution Worsens: Check Details About Faridabad, Gurugram, Noida

New Delhi: All schools in Delhi will remain closed except for Classes 10 and 12 until furr notice. Starting Monday (November 18) all schools across Delhi will discontinue its physical classes except for Class 10 and Class 12.  In a tweet on X, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi ded that all schools will hold online classes until furr notice.

"With imposition of GRAP-4 from tmrw, physical classes shall be discontinued for all students, apart from Class 10 and 12. All schools will hold online classes, until furr orders," she wrote.

Meanwhile, schools for all students till Class 5 have been ordered to shift online in Gurgaon, Faridab. However, no order has been issued yet for schools in Noida and Ghaziab.

On Monday, as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) at 7 am, AQI recorded in Anand Vihar (487), Chandni Chowk (444), IGI Airport-T3 (494), Dwarka (499) was recorded as "severe."

Given worsening air quality in Delhi-NCR, Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) imposed stage 4 of Gred Response Action Plan (GRAP) on Sunday. directions will be effective from today, Monday (November 18) from 8 am. This move comes amid significant rise in national capital's AQI, which crossed 500-mark in several areas in previous week.

Furrmore, India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an “orange alert” warning for Delhi on Monday, saying that national capital may witness "dense" to "very dense" fog that could reduce visibility to as low as 200 metres in several parts of city and surrounding areas.