Recently, this paper ran a report stating that despite regulations by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), mud-laden dumper trucks from a construction site in Milat Nagar, Lokhandwala, Andheri, are causing severe dust pollution along an 800-metre stretch, affecting over 10 residential towers and several shops.

The Lokhandwala Complex Environment Action Group first raised the issue with the BMC in September 2024, reporting that five to six trucks leave the site daily with wheels caked in wet soil. This soil is deposited along the road by the trucks. In dry months, it creates thick dust clouds; in the monsoon, the wet sludge spreads further through passing vehicles. In heavy rain, the soil gets washed off the carriageway and settles along the footpaths, creating dangerously slippery surfaces.

An environmentalist stated that the BMC cleans roads using high-pressure water jets on one hand, and on the other, these trucks are making them muddy again. Vehicles have also been carrying soil into the compounds of housing societies, and some locals have been suffering from health problems.