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Mumbai weather update: City’s AQI at 175 improves to ‘moderate’ after being worse than Delhi yesterday

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Mumbai’s Air Quality index (AQI) improved to 175 ‘moderate’, on Thursday 10 am, according to SAFAR. The report also stated that PM 2.5 and PM 10 concentrations in Mumbai were at 98 and 200 respectively. The current PM2.5 concentration in Mumbai is 6.5 times above the recommended limit given by the WHO 24 hrs air quality guidelines value.

The air quality of different areas in the city, and metropolitan region fluctuated between moderate and poor categories with Malad recording AQI of 249 slipping into ‘very poor’ category.

The city yet again attained ‘poor’ AQI of 215 during noon hours on Wednesday. It was worse than the national capital which, too, breathed ‘poor’ quality air with an AQI of 193. Although, it improved by the evening to moderate category of 197, but remained higher than that of Delhi.

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The days in the city got colder because of the northerly winds blowing said the Indian Meteorological Department. The weather agency had forecasted a cold wave for parts of Maharashtra and said later that due to new weather system formation in Tamil Nadu, the temperatures may rise again.

The current temperature of the city is 25°C and the humidity percentage was recorded at 48%.

AQI of different areas in Mumbai

Colaba, Mumbai: 108 AQI · Moderate

Malad West, Mumbai: 249 AQI · Poor

Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai: 176 AQI · Poor

Sion, Mumbai AQI: 190 AQI · Poor

Pimpleshwar Mandir, Thane: 98 · Moderate

AQI of other metro cities

The air quality in Pune dipped amid cold wave to poor with an AQI of 158. Meanwhile, Chennai is seeing an AQI of 122. Hyderabad’s AQI was recorded to be 117 while Kolkata dipped to poor category from moderate with an AQI of 180. India’s Silicon Valley, Bengaluru recorded an AQI of 63 and Ahmedabad saw AQI of 104. Delhi’s AQI is ‘poor’ with the figure standing at 174 today.

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Mumbai’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sudhakar Pathare, who was posted in the Port Zone, passed away in a road accident on Saturday.

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Pathare had visited Hyderabad for training. He was on his way to visit a temple with a relative when the accident occurred. Both Pathare and his relative lost their lives in the crash.

Mumbai Police have been informed about the incident.

More details are awaited.

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Order to demolish the tomb of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Baba in Mira Bhayander

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Mumbai: The state government has issued an order to demolish the four hundred year old dargah of Hazrat Syed Bale Shah Peer Rahmatullah Alaih located in Mira Bhayander. Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation has sent a letter to the collector declaring this dargah illegal and ordered action against it. As the dargah is located on forest land, communalists had started demanding the demolition of the dargah. In the House, Darranjan Daukhre had also demanded action against the dargah, after which now the state government has ordered to run a bulldozer on the dargah. An order has also been issued to remove and demolish the dargah by May.

Dargah trustee Amjad Sheikh said that this dargah is ancient and this order is illegal in itself. In this case, communal forces had launched a campaign against the dargah, after which this order was issued.

There is a dargah on the beach and citing the threat of terrorist and illegal activities and the presence of terrorists here, there was a demand to demolish the dargah. The dargah is close to the sea and in such a situation, the threat of a terrorist attack on Mumbai from the sea has been expressed, while the dargah administration has clearly denied this and said that communal organizations are running their agenda against the dargah and there is no such threat. Muslims have opposed this decision of the government and Muslims have also expressed their displeasure and anger over it.

The trustee says that this dargah is ancient and earlier the collector and the municipal corporation had given a notice, after which the illegal shed and other premises were demolished here and the dargah administration has taken this action at its own level. Now an order has been issued to demolish the dargah itself.

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Haji Ali Dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid due to rising sea level

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Mumbai: Due to rising sea level at Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims for a few hours on Eid. On March 31, the dargah will be closed for pilgrims from 12 noon to 3 pm. During this time, entry of pilgrims to the dargah will be restricted. The dargah will be closed on Tuesday, April 1 from 12:45 pm to 3:45 pm and on Wednesday, April 2 from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

Therefore, we have appealed to the pilgrims not to gather at the dargah during these hours. This information has been released by Tahir, administrative officer of Haji Ali Dargah. Pilgrims visit Haji Ali Dargah on Eid-Basi and Tiwasi, but due to the rising water level of the sea, water gets accumulated on the way to the Dargah and entry to the Dargah is prohibited and the gate of the Dargah remains closed during these days, due to which there is a lot of crowd there. Therefore, pilgrims have been requested to come to the Dargah only at the scheduled time.

The police also remains vigilant at the Dargah during the rising sea level, as there is a crowd of pilgrims here during Eid and festivals. The Haji Ali Dargah administration has said that on the occasion of Eid, lakhs of pilgrims visit the Dargah of Haji Ali (RahmatullahAlaih). These pilgrims include pilgrims from the country and abroad, so the Dargah administration has also claimed special security arrangements on Eid. Spiritual scenes are also seen at Haji Ali Dargah during Eid prayers.

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