NEW DELHI - India's government has stepped up the purchase of air purifiers over the last two years, taking the number of devices in ministries to protect against deteriorating air quality to nearly 300, government data seen by Reuters showed.
The purchases come as the federal and city governments faced criticism for failing to address the problem of worsening air pollution, especially in winter, and drew criticism from one activist. A senior official at the environment ministry, which bears the most responsibility for tackling pollution, said there was no particular drive to buy purifiers to protect civil servants.
Reuters requested data using the RTI law from the six ministries as it had comparable numbers previously reported in 2018. These were the ministries of foreign affairs, tourism, agriculture, health, home affairs and the federal think-tank Niti Aayog.
When they should put more effort to fix the pollution instead? Just covering the cracks and not fixing the cause.
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