India, Dec. 19 -- Delhi's pollution crisis is not a seasonal phenomenon but the cumulative outcome of years of policy failures and administrative negligence, Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood said on Thursday, mounting a sharp attack on the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and outlining measures taken by the present dispensation over the past ten months.

Addressing a press conference at the Delhi Secretariat, Sood alleged that the earlier government relied on publicity campaigns and manipulated data instead of implementing long term solutions. Citing a CAG report, he said that during 2017-18, nearly 30 percent of AQI monitoring stations were deliberately installed in green areas, resulting in misleading air quality readings...