With Mumbai already grappling with deteriorating air quality, such dust-generating road cleaning activities, further aggravate air pollution instead of mitigating it.

BMC litter-picking machines, meant to keep the city clean, are now being criticised. Critics allege that these very machines are kicking up harmful road dust, worsening Mumbai's already poor air quality.

BMC litter-picking machines, meant to keep the city clean, are now being criticised. Critics allege that these very machines are kicking up harmful road dust, worsening Mumbai's already poor air quality.