At peak of air pollution on Deepavali night, data goes missing at several govt monitoring stations in Delhi

New Delhi At the peak of pollution, following the bursting of firecrackers on Deepavali night, air quality data was missing from several monitoring stations managed by government authorities, raising questions over the actual air pollution levels.

Air pollution over 66 times WHO limit in parts of Delhi as people defy ban on firecrackers on Deepavali storyline 1 Air quality readings went blank for several stations for many hours, as per websites of the Delhi government’s Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the Central government’s Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).