India, April 2 -- The Delhi government on Tuesday tabled a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report that highlighted serious shortcomings in the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government's handling of air pollution, particularly in curbing vehicular emissions, expanding public transport and electric vehicles, and placing pollution monitors at proper locations.

Presenting the report, environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa accused the AAP government of spending crores on pollution control initiatives that were never implemented, abandoned midway, or were ineffective. He cited the installation of smog towers worth Rs.22 crore that became defunct within a year and Rs.53 crore spent on the odd-even scheme, which he called ineffective....