The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to follow the Delhi pattern for predicting pollution so that the civic body can take preventive measures at the local level up to 72 hours in advance.

An official working on the project said that the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) designed a dashboard that can predict the possibility of pollution 72 hours in advance. “We have decided to follow this system and IITM will design a dashboard for BMC. After getting predictions, we can suggest preventive measures at the ward level. This will help reduce or fully prevent rising pollution levels,” the official said.