Mumbai civic body directs infra, realty projects to follow pollution control measures
Mumbai has directed real estate developers and contractors of infrastructure-related works to follow pollution control measures in the backdrop of a deterioration in air quality in the country’s commercial capital over the last few days.
Construction, including private and infrastructure work led by the government, is currently underway at 6,000 locations and sites in Mumbai.
While the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) will issue detailed guidelines in the next few days, municipal commissioner and administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal has stated that projects being undertaken by both private as well as government bodies will be stopped if these measures are not followed.
Following directions from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that expressed concern over air quality index of Mumbai, Chahal interacted with state government agencies including MMRDA, MMRCL, MHADA and SRA, real estate developers’ bodies Credai and Naredco, and architects’ body PEATA on Friday.
“Hardly 10 to 15 days have passed since the end of the monsoon…it is being observed that the air quality is adversely affected in the Mumbai region and also in the Mumbai metropolis,” Chahal said.
The central and state governments have taken note of it and have instructed the local body to implement immediate measures, he added.
“Dust is a major factor behind the increase in air pollution,” Chahal said, adding that there is a need to take measures to prevent and control dust and other factors that cause pollution.
All the government agencies in Mumbai need to coordinate with each other and take urgent and mandatory measures, he said.
Apart from construction, Chahal has also instructed that efforts should be made by projects related to electricity,
