Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BMC submits action plan in HC on tackling air pollution

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: HC directs BMC to form inspection committee, submits affidavit on air pollution mitigation measures

The court last month also ordered constitution of a committee to conduct inspections at construction sites as part of efforts to improve Mumbai`s poor air quality index (AQI). The committee, constituted on November 28, comprises officials from the BMC, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the public health department and two advocates.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BMC submits affidavit to HC detailing air pollution mitigation measures, including electric buses and GRAP enforcement

As per the HC`s directive last month, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) submitted an affidavit detailing a series of measures undertaken for air pollution mitigation. The steps included sensor integration, issuance of stop-work notices under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), transition of bakeries to cleaner fuels, deployment of electric buses, dust mitigation units at critical junctions, and operation of construction and demolition waste processing facilities.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: BMC submits action plan in HC on tackling air pollution; court urges all to be responsible
The Bombay High Court on Monday urged citizens to be responsible and emphasised on finding ways to improve air quality in the metropolis, while the city civic body listed measures taken by it to address the rising pollution concerns. A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad, looking into a bunch of petitions on air pollution in Mumbai, refused urgent hearing on an application filed by a consortium of developers seeking to intervene in the matter. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Santacruz Police lodge cheating case 

He then approached Santacruz police station, where a case was registered against Thakkar under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions for cheating, criminal breach of trust and other offences, the official added.