Alarmed by the worsening air quality with increased dust and carbon monoxide in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), a Navi Mumbai-based environmentalist has moved the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) seeking intervention. Quoting Sunday mid-day’s (October 22) report on air pollution, B N Kumar, founder and director of NGO NatConnect Foundation, wrote to SHRC stating that the poor air quality in both Mumbai and MMR is significantly impacting human health.

“The worsening air quality index (AQI), coupled with industrial and automobile pollution (CO) is a matter of great concern as it has been badly impacting our health, but the authorities concerned sadly remain unconcerned,” Kumar stated.