The gaps have drawn attention to whether monitoring equipment can consistently capture and report data during extreme pollution episodes. Authorities and experts have cited possible technical explanations, but the reports have fuelled demands for clarity about the missing readings.
Gogoi did not name the BJP-led Union government or the Delhi administration in his post. His intervention nevertheless brought political accountability into the debate over the information available to residents during periods of hazardous air quality.
Delhi’s recurring pollution crisis has frequently led to disputes between the Centre and governments in the capital and neighbouring states. Political exchanges have focused on sources including crop residue burning, vehicle emissions, construction dust and industrial activity.
The reported interruptions in monitoring have added questions about data availability to that debate, alongside the measures needed to reduce pollution.
With IANS inputs
