“The pollution in Mumbai is not a chemical pollution, it is mostly dust pollution,” Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said, adding that authorities are looking for ways to curb it.
According to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology-managed System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), at 7:37 pm on Thursday, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Mumbai was 146 against Delhi’s 108
Mumbai: A blanket of mist enveloped Mumbai on Wednesday, pushing the city’s air to the ‘moderate’ category on the Air Quality Index (AQI). The phenomenon has been there.
Mumbai on Wednesday recorded a maximum temperature of 36.4 degrees Celsius, the highest mercury level in the month of October so far this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.