India, May 14 -- In a major push to address recurring foul smell complaints from Mumbai's waste processing facilities, municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide has directed civic officials to create green buffer zones around such sites and set up a dedicated night-time control room at the Kanjurmarg solid waste management project to monitor odour complaints between 1 am and 6 am.

Bhide issued the directives during a surprise inspection of the Kanjurmarg facility, the Deonar waste-to-energy plant, and a sanitation workers' outpost in Vikhroli, according to a statement from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The municipal commissioner reviewed ongoing waste management operations and instructed officials to strengthen environmental s...