India, March 4 -- A Bombay High Court-mandated committee has recommended the installation of a continuous Air Quality Index (AQI) monitoring station equipped with a public display system at the Kanjurmarg municipal solid waste processing facility to alleviate long-standing concerns of residents and ensure the public has access to real-time AQI data. It has also recommended strengthening the green belt around the city's largest dumping ground and enforcing stricter sanitary landfill operations at the site.

The committee was constituted via a Government Resolution dated January 2, 2026, following directions from the high court in a 2019 public interest litigation. The recommendations were formulated based on a comparative study of the Kanj...