Sat, 24 Oct, 2026, 02:14 am
Reported by Mid-Day
The BMC has replaced conventional roadcleaning machines with 29 dust suction machines after concerns that the earlier equipment was spreading dust during cleaning Additional Municipal Commissioner Avinash Dhakne said on Thursday 26 machines were operational while the remaining three would be functional by next week He urged citizens to avoid unnecessary use of private vehicles and bursting firecrackers stressing that tackling air pollution required collective responsibilityOf Mumbairsquos 593 bakeries 209 were already using cleaner fuels and 175 had converted to them while 69 were in the process of switching Another 87 remained noncompliant and eight had shut down Dhakne said 87 per cent of bakeries had switched to electricity or compressed natural gas He warned that noncompliant units would have to shut down or relocate outside the cityMore days of improved air qualityMumbai recorded 231 days of lsquoGoodrsquo and lsquoSatisfactoryrsquo air quality till October 22 this year compared with 218 days in 2025 216 in 2024 and 185 in 2023 according to figures shared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
