India, Sept. 16 -- Complaints of the stink emanating from the Kanjurmarg waste-processing facility from Kanjurmarg, Vikhroli, Bhandup and even further have been a regular phenomenon for the past decade. But having noticed an uptick in grievances, and parallelly juggling a PIL in the Bombay high court, the BMC will conduct an odour audit of the waste-processing site and come up with a mitigation plan.

"Antony Lara Enviro Solutions, which handles the waste-processing site, already takes various steps to reduce the odour," said an official from the BMC's solid waste management department. "But as complaints have increased in the past few months, we are conducting this audit to see what more can be done."

The audit will include inspections ...