NCP’s Supriya Sule raises concern over Mumbai’s decreasing air quality

NCP MP Supriya Sule expressed concern over Mumbai’s declining air quality and increasing pollution in the city.

Launching an attack on the Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra, Sule said, “The current government is not paying attention to the growing pollution in the state. Mumbai’s pollution needs to be discussed and policy makers need to pay attention to it.”

Supriya Sule alleged that this government (Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena) does not discuss the pollution and does not take any decision.

Sule said it is an “insensitive and fake government”. They can only destroy houses, destroy parties,” she added.

Former Union minister Arvind Sawant also raised concerns over the Shinde government’s increasing pollution.

“Uddhav Thackeray ji protected the ‘lungs of #Mumbai’ Aarey forest. You are attacking the lungs of Mumbai! Not just BMC but the government is also equally responsible for Mumbai’s pollution!” he said in a letter message on X.

Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray earlier slammed the Eknath Shinde government over rising pollution in the state of Maharashtra. He accused Shinde of ordering BMC to install air purifiers in Mumbai by cutting down trees.

Earlier, Shiv Sena leader and MLA Aaditya Thackeray wrote to the Center on the issue of poor air quality in Mumbai and increased pollution in the state of Maharashtra.

The air quality in Mumbai was recorded in the ‘moderate’ category on Tuesday morning with an air quality index of 115. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research, Safar-India, the air quality at Kalanagar in Bandra Kurla area has touched 178.