As Mumbai gasps under pollution from different sources, including 3,500 construction sites, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) promises to allow citizens breathe easy with a slew of initiatives in its 2023-2024 budget, presented here .
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pollution levels can impact their lungs and health.
In what could be a serious warning against the health hazard arising due to increasing pollution levels, giant faux lungs installed at Kharghar in
Navi Mumbai have turned from chalk white to black in just 10 days.
The lungs-shaped filter was installed in Sector 7 by an environmental organization Watawaran Foundation in order to showcase what polluted air does to our lungs and to raise awareness about the health implications of it.
This comes a month after the study suggested that morning walks could end up doing more damage to health, than doing good to the residents of Kharghar, Taloja and Panvel who were breathing polluted air for 17 hours every day.