Delhi Pollution Crisis: Is Missing AQI Data Hiding The Real Health Emergency?
Delhi's pollution crisis is deepening, but are missing AQI readings masking the true scale of the emergency? On Nationwide at 8, Ankit Tyagi examines gaps in pollution monitoring data, the alleged underreporting of firecracker emissions and farm fires, and questions over the government's response. Environmental experts warn that capped AQI readings and missing data could be hiding dangerously high pollution levels. Former WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan calls air pollution a public health emergency on the scale of COVID, warning of its long-term impact on children's development, lung health and cardiovascular diseases. Is India measuring the full extent of its pollution crisis, and where is the accountability?
