India, April 28 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday took serious note of complaints regarding foul odour emanating from the Kanjurmarg dumping ground, especially during the night, and directed the state government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to strictly monitor pollution levels at the site daily between 1am and 6am.

Warning the civic body against taking an "adversarial approach" in the matter, a division bench of justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe also ordered concerned officials to come up with a "mitigation mechanism" within two weeks to ensure methane gas emitted from the site was strategically contained and not released into the atmosphere.

The court was hearing a batch of petitions filed by residents of th...