In view of the situation, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has called an emergency meeting on Thursday to review the situation. Many areas in the city dipped to ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ air quality.
Mumbai News Live Updates (November 9): BMC issued “stop work” notices to J Kumar Infra Projects Ltd. and MPCB issued show cause notices to 14 Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) plants across the city including four being operated by Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
Chief minister Eknath Shinde instructed officials to treat government projects on par with construction projects of the private sector in context of pollution mitigation norms | Mumbai news
CM Shinde also directed the authorities to deploy 1,000 tankers to spray water to curb the dust on Mumbai’s roads and increase the forest cover in the city.