AAP accuses govt. of hiding Deepavali evening air pollution information

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday accused the Delhi authorities of shutting down air air pollution screens and manipulating information on Deepavali evening to “disguise” town’s actual air high quality index (AQI) ranges.

On the intervening evening of Monday and Tuesday, after firecrackers had been set off throughout town, key information from most air air pollution monitoring stations weren’t accessible for a number of hours on the web site of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee.

On Tuesday, a number of specialists and activists had questioned the “authenticity” of the federal government information, with many stressing that the precise AQI degree might need been greater than what the federal government had acknowledged as readings throughout peak air pollution had been unavailable.

“Today’s Hindi and English newspapers are full of experiences that the BJP authorities hid and manipulated air pollution information. As air pollution ranges started to rise on Deepavali evening, the federal government’s air pollution monitoring stations mysteriously shut down on their very own. How is it attainable that a number of stations went offline on the similar time?” AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj mentioned.

“Dozens of their stations went offline at evening and remained closed till the wind began blowing the following morning. Once the air started to maneuver, these stations had been immediately switched again on. This is blatant dishonesty and information theft, and in opposition to whom? Against the individuals of Delhi,” he added.

The Opposition occasion additionally demanded an apology from Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa for “insulting” Sikhs by blaming Punjab for air air pollution within the Capital.

No information lacking: Sirsa

On Tuesday, Mr. Sirsa had accused the AAP authorities in Punjab of forcing farmers to burn stubble. He claimed that the rise in stubble burning incidents within the neighbouring State near Deepavali was “no coincidence”. He added that there’s “no lacking information”, however didn’t elaborate on the difficulty.

Meanwhile, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva mentioned the statements made by AAP are “deceptive”.