It appears that the civic body’s dust mitigation project is in danger of biting the dust even before it took off. Over 10 days after the project was announced, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is yet to establish ward-level task forces for its implementation and action. The BMC had decided to implement these guidelines from April 1, 2023.

With pollution rising in the city, administrator I S Chahal had appointed a committee under Additional Municipal Commissioner Dr Sanjeev Kumar to suggest solutions to control dust. This committee prepared a plan and suggested forming ward-level task forces that would be responsible for the implementation of the project. According to the committee report, three task forces were to be formed in each of the 24 administrative wards to inspect all construction sites, including 
infrastructure projects.