Mumbai weather: City wakes up to smog as air quality deteriorates; watch video

Mumbai remains blanketed by smog severely reducing visibility and pushing air quality indices into unhealthy levelsOn Monday the city experienced a slight temperature drop with the minimum temperature reaching 203 degrees CelsiusAccording to the latest Mumbai weather updates from the Indian Meteorological Department IMD Mumbai is expected to experience a clear sky on Monday December 30 with temperatures ranging from a cool 18 degrees Celsius in the morning to a warm 33 degrees Celsius during the dayAccording to the Mumbai weather updates of the Indian Meteorological Department IMD Mumbais Santacruz observatory in suburban Mumbai recorded a maximum temperature of 335 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 203 degrees CelsiusThe weather departments data showed that the city observatory in Colaba recorded a maximum temperature of 302 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 219 degrees CelsiusAccording to the latest Mumbai weather updates by the IMD the maximum temperature will likely be around 33 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will likely be around 18 degrees Celsius The relative humidity is 76 per cent The sun rose at 0711 AM and will set at 0611 PMThe IMDrsquos latest Mumbai weather update forecasts a clear sky for the city and its suburbs over the next 24 hoursMumbai weather updates Citys AQI in moderate categoryOn December 30 the Central Pollution Control Boardrsquos SAMEER app reported in its latest Mumbai weather updates that the cityrsquos air quality remained in the moderate category with an Air Quality Index AQI of 127 at 905 AMAs per the SAMEER app dashboard many areas across Mumbai showed moderate AQI Bandra Kurla Complex recorded moderate air quality with an AQI of 179 Colaba Deonar and Kandivali recorded moderate air quality with an AQI of 113 114 and 113 respectivelySewri recorded poor air quality with an AQI of 221According to data from the SAMEER app Navi Mumbai recorded air quality in the moderate category with an AQI of 105 while Thane registered a good AQI of 86The air quality index from 0 to 100 is considered good 100 to 200 moderate 200 to 300 poor 300 to 400 very poor and from 400 to 500 or above severeMeanwhile as air pollution levels continue to rise in Mumbai the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC has revised guidelines issued last year for construction sites The civic body will also form squads at the ward level to visit construction sites and act if guidelines are flouted Sensorbased air pollution monitoring systems will be installed at all construction project work sites and immediate action to be taken if pollution levels are detected above the limit