Delhi Diwali air quality missing from CPCB record
On Nov 8-9, 250 plus PM2.5 points vanished from CPCB Delhi portal, leaving 45 of 59 stations with missing hourly readings. Excluding readings near 1,000 µg/m³ underestimates pollution; replacing them with 1,000 raises average PM2.5 from 269 to 400 µg/m³, a 49% increase, showing Diwali air far worse than official AQI indicated by official standards for all readers.
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