Mumbai Pollution: Maharashtra CM Deploys 1000 Tankers to Wash Roads, Explores Artificial Rain

Addressing a special meeting to combat air pollution, Shinde said that water should be sprayed to prevent the spread of dust through the ongoing construction sites or public and private developmental projects all over Mumbai.

He called for deploying special teams to clean the accumulated dust and serve notices to all construction sites in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to make their vicinity dust-free.

Shinde has directed that all construction sites must employ anti-smog guns, sprinklers and metal sheets to cover the ongoing work to prevent the dust from spilling outside plus ensure that people, especially pedestrians are not inconvenienced by the metal sheets.

The CM called upon the officials to make the fight against pollution a people’s movement with their participation in different campaigns to make their localities pollution-free.

Shinde said all cities and civic bodies must strictly adhere to the recent Bombay High Court guidelines on controlling pollution, and the Transport Department must crack down on vehicles that do not cover the dirt-debris load while transporting them to and from sites.

Here, Shinde urged the BMC to examine and explore a cloud-seeding experiment to create artificial rain that can reduce air pollution in Mumbai.

Last week, the BMC announced plans to wash all major roads running around 600 km in the city with recycled water as part of its slew of initiatives to clean the Mumbai air.

The concerned authorities and civic bodies will also submit a weekly review of pollution control measures.

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