The Centre's air quality panel on Wednesday ordered the lifting of curbs under stage 3 of the anti-pollution action plan in Delhi NCR, including a ban on non-essential construction work.
The Sub-committee for invoking actions under the GRAP held a review meeting in view of a significant improvement in the air quality in Delhi-NCR.
Delhi's Air Quality Index AQI stood at 304 on Wednesday.
The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and the India Meteorological Department say that the air quality index is not likely to slip into the'severe' category in the next few days.
Amid favourable meteorological conditions, Delhi's air pollution is likely to be ameliorated and stay in the 'poor' to'very poor' range in the coming days, the Commission for Air Quality ManagementAir Quality Management CAQM said in an order.
The GRAP Sub-Committee decided to revoke stage 3 of the GRAP across Delhi-NCR with immediate effect, it said.
The CAQM said that construction and demolition project sites and industrial units that have been issued closure orders on account of violations or non-compliance will not resume their operations under any circumstances.
All construction and demolition works except essential projects in Delhi-NCR were banned under the third stage of GRAP as pollution levels surged to'severe' levels on Saturday AQI 407 levels.