Mumbai: MPCB's battle for accurate air quality data in city intensifies

Agencies claim facility is situated in a soil playground, where natural dust accumulation is common, and also close to a huge marble stone-cutting unit

Amidst concerns over deteriorating air quality and rising worries about dust and pollutants, the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at the Andheri-Chakala air quality monitoring station in Mumbai has been consistently alarmingly high in recent days, causing widespread concern. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has challenged the accuracy of these readings and pointed to issues with the station’s location. 

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