On Tuesday evening, the first meeting of the 7-member special committee appointed to suggest measures on dust controls took place in BMC headquarters. During the meeting, few air-purifying unit manufacturing companies showcased their technology. On March 17, a live workshop for demonstration of the air-purifying machines will be arranged.
A senior civic official said that to control the air pollution it is necessary to set up a system of air-purifiers. More meetings will be conducted with other stakeholders and experts and based on that decision a final SOP will be prepared by the end of March, he added. On Thursday, March 16, the committee will conduct the second meeting.
The meeting was chaired by additional commissioner (western suburbs) Dr Sanjeev Kumar and members of technical advisory committee such as Maharashtra Pollution Control Board representative Kartik Langote along with representatives of National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Indian Meteorological department (IMD), Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), Central Pollution Control board and Pulmonary medicine expert from KEM hospital Dr. Amita Athwale was present at the meeting.
Based on the report of this panel, an SOP will be implemented from April 1 in Mumbai.
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