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.

The plan suggests that the state industries department along with owners of private units as well as the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) develop an action plan and mitigation strategies for the existing industrial units within the city periphery for reducing industrial pollution within a time frame of 2022 to 2026.