Mumbai’s air pollution has reduced as the AQI fell within 200 on Tuesday, as per SAFAR index. Although the air quality is now moderate, experts claim that it still poses a risk to the health of sensitive groups. According to meteorologists, the pollutants continue to loom in the air due to calmer winds. These pollutants include tropospheric ozone, a greenhouse gas that is also responsible for rising temperatures across the city.

Rishi Agarwal, Founder of Mumbai Sustainability Centre spoke to Midday about the worsening air quality. “We as a collective city are not serious about the issue. Dust management in public projects is a very simple litmus test for seriousness. It's a case of being comfortably numb. Whether BMC or MMRDA, look at any road or infrastructure project and the effort to manage dust. The answer is clear. No point in talking complex technical stuff around weather patterns and changing climate if we are not resolving the low-hanging fruit.”