AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj accused the Delhi government of tampering with Air Quality Index data.
Meanwhile, Delhi recorded an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 299 at 7am on Wednesday, placing it in the ‘poor’ category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). “Last year, on the night of Diwali, the government shut down AQI monitoring stations so that the firecracker-induced pollution could not be measured.
He criticised the commission for not acting on the complaint and said party representatives had come to meet its officials but were denied entry. This was challenged in the Supreme Court. Supreme Court ordered CAQM to file a status report on this. We are here at the CAQM office. This year too, the Delhi Government stopped taking data at AQI monitoring stations on the night of Diwali. Water is being sprinkled on monitoring stations at pollution hotspots. New AQI monitoring stations are being set up in greener areas to bring down AQI and deceive people. We wrote a complaint to the CAQM Chairman on 4th November.
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday accused the Delhi government of manipulating Air Quality Index (AQI) data, alleging that monitoring stations were shut down on Diwali night and water was sprinkled on stations at pollution hotspots to influence pollution readings.
It has been almost 10 days, but CAQM has not taken any action.
They have not responded to our letter,” said Bhardwaj.