Watch | Delhi pollution: Why did air quality monitors fail on Diwali night?
While technical limitations may explain some of the missing data, there are concerns about transparency, inadequate infrastructure, and govt's intent, too
More than half of Delhi's air quality monitoring stations reportedly failed to provide readings when pollution levels were at their highest on Diwali night, raising questions about the reliability of India's pollution monitoring system. While technical limitations may explain some of the missing data, the episode has renewed concerns about transparency, inadequate infrastructure and the government's approach to tackling air pollution.
With pollution levels reportedly crossing 2,000 in some locations, the absence of readings from several official monitoring stations has intensified the debate over whether India is adequately equipped to measure its worsening air quality. In the latest episode of YouTube show AI With Sanket, The Federal spoke to Professor Joyeeta Gupta of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, and Chandra Bhushan, CEO of the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iForest), on the monitoring controversy and the solutions needed to address the crisis.
Watch the full video here.
