At peak of air pollution on Deepavali night, data goes missing at several govt monitoring stations in Delhi
Verified: 8 outlets in 5 countries have reported this story since Nov 8.
“When the hourly PM2.5 data is missing, it will artificially lower the Air Quality Index (AQI), showing better air quality, when the actual air quality is worse,” Manoj Kumar, analyst, Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said
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[Claude] All three are reports on Delhi's Diwali-night air pollution and monitoring data, with no contradictory facts about the same moment.
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