Rising air pollution in Kharghar is extremely worrying: PCMC Mayor

Waatvaran Foundation installs giant lungs billboard to raise awareness on clean air

Worried over the rising air pollution at Kharghar, Dr Kavita Choutmal the Mayor of Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has demanded setting up of an expert committee to study the deteriorating air quality. The Mayor who visited the giant lungs billboard at Kharghar on Saturday morning has called citizens and authorities to join hands to fight for this cause.

Titled- ‘The Billboard that Breathes’ these ‘artificial’ lungs has been put up near the Bank of India Chowk at Sector 7. Kharghar. It was installed by Waatavaran Foundation on January 15.

Waatavaran Foundation, which recently conducted an air quality monitoring study that revealed residents from Kharghar-Taloja-Panvel belt were breathing polluted air for 17 hours daily , has installed a giant-sized ‘breathing’ lungs to demonstrate the lethal impact of polluted air on human health.