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Mumbai chokes as air quality dips to poor

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: October 13, 2023 12:07 IST

Mumbai is witnessing a really poor quality air as the smog engulfed the city this morning. The Air Quality ...

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Mumbai is witnessing a really poor quality air as the smog engulfed the city this morning. The Air Quality Indices nosedived across the city with particulate matter levels rising 7 times above the recommended levels by the World Health Organisation. As per the air quality measuring institute, the air in Navynagar Colaba was deemed the worst this morning with AQI being as high as 475. Almost all other monitoring stations in Mumbai recorded poor quality of air with Vile Parle being the next worst. The only bright spot was Airoli where the AQI was just 36. As per the Greenpeace data, the PM 2.5 air pollution is causing an estimated 14000 deaths since January 1, 2021 and it has cost the city’s economy around US $ 2.1 bn (Rs 175 billion)  this year.

Several X (formerly Twitter) users posted pictures to show how smog had taken over the view.

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