‘40 per cent of Mumbai’s industry needs to move to renewables’

Civic climate body has said that by 2030, 30 per cent to 40 per cent of all industrial units and power plants in city limits should use natural gas and low-sulfur fuels

Smoke rises from a chimney at Dadar, in May 2021. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

To reduce air pollution in the city, about 40 per cent of all industrial units and power plants within city limits should switch to natural gas, renewable energy, and low-sulphur fuel by 2030, the recently launched Mumbai Climate Action Plan has suggested. Reduced air pollution will lead to improved health and better productivity, says a survey report under the MCAP. The energy sector is the biggest contributor to emission woes, it says.

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