Ecology Action Centre calls for immediate implementation of Coastal Protection Act | SaltWireMUMBAI - India's financial capital of Mumbai has asked construction sites to use barricades and banned the burning of garbage in open grounds in a bid to combat worsening air quality, according to a government notification on Wednesday.
Among the guidelines released on Wednesday by Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp , construction sites in the city were asked to erect barricades at buiding sites of up to 35-feet using tin or metal sheets, or enclose the sites with tarpaulin. Mumbai recorded an AQI of 157 on Wednesday, according to India's Central Pollution Control Board , giving it a rating of"moderate".
Mumbai and New Delhi are host cities for the Cricket World Cup, which is currently under way. Although the tournament has so far remained unaffected by the prevailing pollution, cricketers have flagged the problem.