New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Amid political backlash over Delhi's worsening air pollution levels and allegations by Aam Aadmi Party leaders of manipulation of air quality data, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa today dismissed reports questioning the city's AQI figures, calling them "misinformed and misleading".
Speaking at a review meeting on Delhi's Winter Action Plan 2025, Sirsa said, "Let me clarify - Delhi's 40 automatic air monitoring stations are tamper-proof and fully automatic. Data cannot be altered by anyone."He added that air pollution is monitored jointly by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and the India Meteorological Department (IMD), with results published sim...