Mumbai is set to get five additional permanent air quality monitoring stations, at CD Deshmukh Park in Mulund West, Pramod Mahajan Park in Dadar West, Chhota Kashmir in Aarey-Goregaon East, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar recreation ground in Dahisar East, and at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) K West ward office in Andheri West.

These new stations, called Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS), will be installed by the civic body, taking the total number of monitoring stations in the city to 33. Additionally, the BMC is set to procure four more mobile vans to monitor air quality. At present, the civic body has only one mobile van.