While Delhi has been experiencing this season's first wave of smog, Mumbai is facing its own separate pollution woes. Anyone who lives in Mumbai will probably know that in the last few days, the city has experienced a tremendous amount of airborne pollution. Many Bollywood stars including Sonam Kapoor, Richa Chadha, and Sophie Chaudry took to Twitter to complain about Mumbai’s air.
Here's what Richa Chadha tweeted:
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri wrote back:
Screenwriter Apurva Asrani tweeted:
While Sonam Kapoor chimed in:
Reportedly, the city was most polluted in Maharashtra during Diwali, according to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The pollution measuring indicator — air quality index (AQI) — showed twice as much pollution as last year in Mumbai. The city recorded 206 (poor) a day before Diwali (October 18), 196 (moderate) on Diwali and 219 (poor) the following day. Last year, the city recorded 109, 115, and 110 — moderate levels of pollution — on the three days of the festival. This alone proves how much we need to improve if we want to keep the city's air clean and breathable.
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Credits: Hindustan Times
