With Mumbai’s Air Quality Index (AQI) still in the moderate category and the city logging 23 out of 30 bad AQI days in November, residents of Bandra organised Mumbai’s first air quality protest of the year on Sunday. Around 100 residents formed a human chain at Carter Road at 3.30 pm to stage a peaceful demonstration against worsening air quality.

As part of the protest, residents listed five key demands. These included an immediate short-term action plan to reduce pollution, transparent reporting of AQI and pollution sources, strict action on construction dust, waste burning and vehicular emissions, and a declaration of a health emergency in Mumbai due to hazardous AQI levels.