The Gurugram administration has ordered suspension of classes from nursery to class five to protect school children from rising pollution in NCR.

The decision was taken on the recommendations of the Air Quality Management Commission and the Pollution Control Commission.

District Disaster Management Authority Chairman and DC Nishant Kumar Yadav issued the order in this regard on Monday. Schools have been ordered to continue online studies so that the education of students is not disrupted.

The order will be applicable for all private and government educational institutions of the district from November 7 and will remain effective till further orders.

Yadav said that due to the continuous increase in the air quality index, the situation has reached GRAP IV stage.

Earlier, the Haryana government had asked the deputy commissioners in the NCR to assess the situation in their districts and take a call on closing schools. For the last few days, the AQI has turned 'severe' in some districts, including Gurugram.

Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR on Monday morning were recorded around seven to eight times above the government-prescribed safe limit as a toxic haze persisted over the region for the seventh consecutive day.

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