India, Nov. 2 -- The BMC's proposal to appoint a private agency for a third-party audit of 9,000 air-quality monitors at Mumbai construction sites has come under criticism from Congress group leader Ashraf Azmi. Terming the tender "half-baked", the corporator has also pointed to the 22-month lag between the Bombay high court's January 9, 2025 order on putting up AQI monitors at construction sites and the BMC's tender for a third-party audit on July 17, 2026.

In a letter to the BMC Standing Committee on October 31, Azmi demanded action against the officials who prepared the tender as well as those responsible for the "delay in implementing the high court's directions". According to him, the court had ordered the appointment of a third-par...