Air quality in the city has been in the poor to very poor categories for the past few weeks, but the BMC does not seem to be bothered. The civic body had started the process to install five air monitoring systems two years ago, and work contract was awarded a year and half ago, but nothing has been done on ground yet. In addition, the project to install five dust mitigation units has been stalled over funding issues.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had floated tenders for five Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring Systems (CAAQMS) under the Centre’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January 2021. The move was aimed at getting specific data on air quality and pollution from more areas in the city. The locations for the units were finalised as Sewri Koliwada, Shivaji Nagar in Govandi, Pant Nagar in Ghatkopar, Charkop in Kandivli and Byculla zoo.