Mumbai to get 5 more air monitoring stations, all inside gardens

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation plans to set up five additional air quality monitoring stations across Mumbai (Representative image)

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will set up five additional continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations (CAQMS) across Mumbai at a cost of Rs 17.50 crore.The five monitoring stations will be set up at CD Deshmukh Garden in Mulund (East), Pramod Mahajan Park in Borivali (West), Aarey Garden’s Chhota Kashmir in Goregaon (East), Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Recreation Ground in Dahisar (East), and the BMC assistant municipal commissioner’s office in Khar (H-West ward).The proposed stations will monitor various air pollutants on an hourly basis and measure meteorological parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction.The data is proposed to be made available on the BMC portal, which will be linked to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) server.Mumbai currently has 28 air quality monitoring stations.The civic body said the five new stations would be located in areas not already covered by monitoring networks operated by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), BMC and the SAFAR-Mumbai project.The project will include a three-year warranty and five years of subsequent maintenance. The BMC has selected Invia India Private Limited to execute the project.