Aaditya Thackeray wrote to the Centre elevating the problem of air air pollution in Mumbai. (File)
Mumbai:
Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday wrote to the Centre elevating the problem of air air pollution in Mumbai, citing widespread development actions and lack of efficient supervision to manage them.
In a letter to Bhupender Yadav, Union minister for atmosphere, forest and local weather change, Mr Thackeray additionally stated Maharashtra doesn’t have an unbiased atmosphere minister to look into the problem.
“In the past 6 months, the air quality in Mumbai has consistently been rated as “Poor” to “Very Poor” on the AQI (air quality index). Other cities in Maharashtra are also posting concerning air quality numbers,” he stated.
The total metropolis is present process development, inflicting a considerable amount of mud and particles, a lot of which is left unattended and unchecked. Measures are wanted to assist the Urban Development Department and native our bodies perceive the consolidated influence development has on town’s atmosphere, he stated.
“Construction activity in Mumbai is widespread and lacks effective supervision,” the previous state atmosphere minister stated.
As per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), Mumbai’s air high quality index stood at a “moderate” 159 on Saturday. Flagging rising air air pollution in Mumbai, town civic physique lately arrange a panel to counsel mud management measures.
The metropolis has refineries and fertiliser vegetation on its jap coast, and the round the clock industrial exercise there’s having a direct influence on the air high quality within the metropolis, Aaditya Thackeray stated.
Residents within the neighborhood of locations like Mahul or Wadala are feeling the influence of the poor air high quality and foul scent, he added.
Mr Thackeray stated the Centre ought to consider and relocate these vegetation away from town.
In 2022, Mumbai launched its Climate Action Plan, which was heralded by the local weather coverage group and coated by acclaimed journals worldwide.
He additionally requested to direct the related stakeholders within the metropolis’s civic administration to determine a local weather cell as was recommended by the coverage plan.
With G20 occasions being held within the metropolis, its world popularity is at stake, he stated. Most importantly, the well being of the residents ought to take priority over political variations, Mr Thackeray stated.
He stated local weather change has had a critical influence on town’s climate patterns, altering the velocity and course of winds, and inflicting polluted air to stay throughout the metropolis as an alternative of flowing in direction of the coast.
He additionally requested that authorities be directed to put in cell sensors throughout town, saying the present sensors don’t cowl its total space.
This would offer extra insights for addressing the air high quality downside and assist reconcile information authenticity of AQI at the moment measured, he stated.
Aaditya Thackeray additionally raised the problem of Aarey Metro automobile shed, a bone of competition between the then Uddhav Thackeray authorities and the present Eknath Shinde-led authorities.
“The current administration in Maharashtra is focused on monetising the city’s green spaces. The healthy Aarey forest has been compromised against the city’s will and with vengeance,” he alleged.
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