Mumbai, Oct. 25 -- With Mumbai reportedly moving from fifth to third place in a ranking of the world's most polluted cities, the Maharashtra government has directed municipal corporations across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to launch a special drive to control air pollution and reduce road dust.
The state government issued the directives on Friday, calling for effective and sustained measures to improve air quality across the metropolitan region. The measures focus particularly on controlling dust generated by roads and construction activities, which are among the concerns associated with urban air pollution.
As part of the campaign, municipal corporations have been instructed to spray water on roads using sprinklers to minimise d...