Why Are Mumbaikars struggling to breathe? PUCL

People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), in collaboration with YMCA, invites you to a Public Meeting on the critical issue of Air Pollution on 17th January.
Speakers
Ravi Andhale, Regional officer, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
Prof. Chandra Venkatraman, Founding Convener of Climate Studies, IIT Bombay
Dr Priti Meshram, Head of Pulmonary Medicine at JJ Hospital
Mr Prasad Khale, Senior Conservation Officer from the Conservation Action Trust
Sumaira Abdulali of the Awaaz Foundation
Sumit Agarwal, Govandi Residents Action Committee Against Pollution
Chair : Debi Goenka
the health risks posed by air pollution. “It exacerbates respiratory illnesses, contributes to heart and neurocognitive issues, and disproportionately impacts the poor, who often rely on unclean biomass
Goenka called for government subsidies to facilitate the transition to cleaner fuels, arguing that the current health costs far outweigh the expense of such subsidies. ur air quality monitoring focuses on daily averages, ignoring dangerous peak levels that affect people in real time,” added Goenka.
www.freepressj... The PIL has sought that the court direct the authorities to prohibit three companies - M/s JSW Green Cement Pvt Ltd, M/s Shri Lalit Nagpal Ready Mixed Concrete Plant and M/s Dev Infra - from operating RMC plants at their current locations and to ensure these companies do not contribute to air pollution. It also seeks an injunction to prevent these companies from running RMC plants operations in residential areas.
Citizens, environmentalists and residents demand action on Mumbai’s worsening air www.hindustant...
Residents from Govandi, who successfully halted one of two Ready-Mix Concrete (RMC) plants in their area after a two-year campaign, attended the meeting to share their experiences. Presenting evidence of persistent dust pollution, they demanded further action. Andhale assured them that new guidelines requiring RMC plants to operate in enclosed structures would be enforced within three months, though he admitted challenges in ensuring compliance.