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Monitoring vans & ‘odour diary’: After HC rap, BMC steps up supervision at Kanjurmarg dumping ground

The Indian Express·Nayonika Bose·about 1 month ago
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Earlier on April 25, the HC judges visited the Kanjurmarg dumping site after the bench on April 24 had pulled up the Maharashtra government and the BMC. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi) A day after the Bombay High Court flagged pollution and odour emanating from the civic dumping ground at Kanjurmarg, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Tuesday deployed a site supervisor as well as monitoring vans to assess gases and odour at the city’s largest active dumping ground. While the civic body will start monitoring methane (CH4) starting Thursday, the BMC Tuesday operationalised monitoring of Nitrogen Oxide (NOx), Particulate Matters 10 and 2.5 (PM10 and PM2.5) among other pollutants. The deployment of machinery comes along the heels of the Bombay HC directives to monitor and study emissions of gases including methane, which trigger later night odour in the neighbourhood.…

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