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Mumbai: BMC, MPCB to inspect AQI monitoring stations
Updated On: 12 November, 2023 07:14 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Civic body says SAFAR/IITM has been informed of their intention but no response from them
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) have decided to inspect all Air Quality Index (AQI) monitoring stations in Mumbai. The development comes after the MPCB alleged that the AQI recorded at stations manned by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) was inaccurate.
Last week, the BMC sent a letter to SAFAR, a national initiative under the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, notifying them of the civic body’s intention to conduct a joint inspection. However, there has been no response from SAFAR, officials have said.
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