India, Dec. 25 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday castigated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for turning a "blind eye" towards the issue of air pollution in the city and for "not doing anything" to mitigate the problem.

A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad also questioned as to how the BMC has granted sanction to over 125 construction projects worth over Rs 1,000 crore in a small city like Mumbai, stating that the situation has now gone beyond the civic body's control.

The court had warned the BMC that it would pass orders restraining it from granting any further permissions for construction if the air pollution situation persists in the city. "How can 125 projects worth more than Rs 1,...