Over a year after filing their first complaint, residents of Lokhandwala Complex in Andheri West have once again written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over inaction against dust pollution along the 800-metre Best Colony Road.

Trucks with mud-caked tyres exit a construction site that turns marshy during rains. The mud is deposited on the road, and once it dries, it turns into thick dust clouds, polluting the air and posing a threat to public health. According to the Lokhandwala Oshiwara Citizens Association, the road near Walawalkar Park in Oshiwara has turned into a dusty, desert-like mess where hundreds of trucks ply daily,  dirtying the road. Several bikers skid there and suffer injuries. According to the association, the contractor occasionally sends staff to brush the road on receiving complaints, but this is grossly insufficient.