Amid rising pollution concerns in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has chalked out a slew of short-term plans to mitigate dust arising from construction work and from roads. Civic officials said these plans will be implemented within 15 days to check man-made activities that lead to dust displacement.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) dashboard, Mumbai recorded an AQI of 104 on Saturday.

Speaking to The Indian Express , Additional Municipal Commissioner Avinash Dhakane, who is in charge of the civic body’s Environment Department, said one key measure is to ensure that all contractors have installed Air Quality Index (AQI) monitoring systems within their premises. He said measures are being implemented immediately to ensure that the cit

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