As the city reeled under air pollution on Thursday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), through the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Department, has undertaken certain steps efforts to mitigate the issue and suppress dust as part of an ongoing initiative to improve air quality. As part of this drive, BMC has developed a special Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to tackle Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste, control dust levels, and enhance the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Mumbai.

The Mumbai civic body has taken the following steps till 6 pm on Thursday to mitigate the problem of air pollution: