Don't blame #Ethiopia volcano for poor air quality in #Mumbai: Bombay HC
Bench asks government to clarify what effective measures can be adopted to tackle Mumbai’s pollution
The #Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed the Maharashtra government’s claim that ash clouds from a volcanic eruption in Ethiopia were responsible for Mumbai’s deteriorating air quality, observing that the city’s pollution levels had already been “consistently poor” long before the eruption.
A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad was hearing a batch of petitions filed in 2023 concerning worsening pollution levels and the city’s persistently high AQI (air quality index) Senior advocates Darius Khambata and Janak Dwarkadas, appearing for the petitioners, pointed out that the AQI in Mumbai has repeatedly crossed 300 this month.
In response, additional government pleader...
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/environment/bombay-hc-rejects-ethiopia-hayli-gubbi-volcano-theory-for-mumbais-poor-air-quality
Bench asks government to clarify what effective measures can be adopted to tackle Mumbai’s pollution
The #Bombay High Court on Thursday dismissed the Maharashtra government’s claim that ash clouds from a volcanic eruption in Ethiopia were responsible for Mumbai’s deteriorating air quality, observing that the city’s pollution levels had already been “consistently poor” long before the eruption.
A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad was hearing a batch of petitions filed in 2023 concerning worsening pollution levels and the city’s persistently high AQI (air quality index) Senior advocates Darius Khambata and Janak Dwarkadas, appearing for the petitioners, pointed out that the AQI in Mumbai has repeatedly crossed 300 this month.
In response, additional government pleader...
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/environment/bombay-hc-rejects-ethiopia-hayli-gubbi-volcano-theory-for-mumbais-poor-air-quality
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