India, Feb. 15 -- The Pune Air Action Hub (PAAH) has written a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC); Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB); and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in the first week of February, raising concerns over data discrepancies in the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan self-assessment by the PMC. The PAAH alleges that the PMC has made false claims in the self-assessment, and has urged the MoEFCC and CPCB to verify the data submitted by the urban local body (ULB).

The letter primarily questions the PMC's overrated achievements in terms of key deliverables. Under the category of 'abatement of road dust' where the PMC claims that the roads are 100% pothole free, the letter mentions that citize...