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Following concerns of suspended dust from the red soil at Shivaji Park causing increased air pollution in the same locality, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has called for mitigation measures to be urgently implemented, including compaction with a roller and applying water to settle the dust. The move came after IIT-Bombay experts submitted a list of recommendations to combat the crisis in a presentation earlier this month.
With aggrieved local residents voicing concerns over the suspended particles blowing in the air, the chairman of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) visited the site and instructed the civic body to implement effective mitigation measures in the precinct. In a bid to seek solutions, the BMC had then roped in IIT Bombay Professor Virendra Sethi, who had submitted a list of recommendations on January 13.
In light of the report, the civic body has now launched an immediate set of mitigation measures while also calling for a long-term comprehensive study into the matter.
Speaking about the immediate measures, a civic official said that the BMC was set to compact soil with a roller at Shivaji Park as well as spray water to settle the dust and stabilise the soil.
The BMC has also appealed IIT Bombay to conduct a detailed long-term investigation to identify a sustainable solution to mitigate air pollution. Earlier in his presentation, civic officials said that professor Sethi had called for the need for study of wind flow patterns, activity based planning and other related parameters.
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