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Air Pollution Crisis: HC Threatens to Withhold Salaries of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai Chiefs
The Bombay High Court has taken a tough stance on the rising air pollution in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The court warned officials that their salaries will be withheld if air quality doesn't improve. Reprimanding the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Chief and the BMC Commissioner, the court stated that they are ignoring orders to reduce pollution.
Air pollution in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai is on the rise, and air quality is deteriorating further in these areas. The Bombay High Court has taken a tough line on air pollution in Mumbai and has warned bureaucrats that their salaries will not be paid if they fail to act on this issue.
The High Court cautioned Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation's Chief that unless measures are taken to ensure that the quality of air remains reasonable and clean, their salaries would be withheld. This comment was made by the High Court during a hearing of a petition regarding low-quality air.
The court also censured the commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which happens to be the richest municipal corporation in the country, over air quality-related issues. The warning to civic officials was in response to blatant violations of the court's orders to curb air pollution. The court stated that they, too, were breathing the same polluted air and did not live in a different world.
