Reports suggest that the Delhi government is greenwashing Delhi’s air pollution problem.

For starters, the Air Quality Index (AQI) reporting appears to be capped at 500, as there is a discrepancy between what government agencies report and what residents see on their privately owned AQI monitors or even on their indoor air purifiers.

Second, the visuals of round-the-clock usage of tankers and sprinklers, meant for road cleaning, in the vicinity of the AQI monitoring stations have gone viral on social media. Third, news reports indicate that Delhi has relocated some of its AQI monitoring stations to greener parts of the city, which have traditionally had lower pollution levels.

Worse still, several AQI stations had stopped working during the peak Diwali period, which in turn gave a false

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