As Delhi continues to choke on toxic air, India Today’s ground investigation across multiple air quality monitoring stations has uncovered widespread negligence, from malfunctioning display boards and questionable placement of sensors to discrepancies between on-ground readings and official data.
While the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) official claimed all 39 of Delhi’s air monitoring stations are functional, reality on the ground paints a very different picture. Across the city, from Narela to Shahdara and Punjabi Bagh to RK Puram, several display boards meant to inform the public about local pollution levels were either defunct, hidden, or placed amid greenery.
NARELA: CLEAN AIR AMID GREENERY
In outer Delhi’s Narela, the air quality monitoring station has been installed ins