India, Dec. 2 -- Repeated concretisation of roads in the western suburbs, including stretches concreted recently, is adding to air pollution and worsening the Air Quality Index (AQI) in several pockets of the city, residents told Hindustan Times. The lack of planning is not only impacting public health but also leading to loss of public resources, the residents said.

In Chandivali, for instance, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken up concretisation of a 200-metre DP (development plan) road between Sangharsh Nagar and Nahar, which was concretised only recently, alleged Mandeep Singh Makkar, founder of the Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association.

Makkar said that when he asked workers on site about the duplication, he w...