Shark Tank India judge and SUGAR Cosmetics CEO Vineeta Singh on Thursday expressed concern over the alarming drop in Mumbai’s air quality index (AQI), while calling for strict measures to curb air pollution in the city. Citing a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Singh said that one in nine people are at risk of developing cancer in India. “In India, one in nine people is likely to develop cancer in his/her lifetime. Lung and breast cancer were the leading sites of cancer in men and women respectively. Among childhood (0-14 yrs) cancers, lymphoid leukemia (boys: 29.2% and girls: 24.2%) had the highest incidence of cancer cases by 12 percent. 2025 compared to 2020,” she said in an Instagram post, making it a called “morning mail run”. She urged citizens to raise their voices against the worsening of Mumbai AQI. Air pollution is directly related as a cause of lung cancer among humans. Mumbai AQI: Vineeta Singh calls for measures In the video accompanying the post, Vineeta Singh highlighted that Mumbai AQI crossed 160 on Thursday morning. “When I went out today, I saw there were small school children standing at bus stops, there were old people walking, my own son was away for a school picnic, there were people exercising – when you exercise you actually double your breaths per minute and your exposure is much higher,” she said. Underscoring the Mumbai air pollution crisis, she questioned the authorities and asked whether measures would be taken only after Mumbai AQI crosses the 200 mark, which falls in the ‘poor’ category. She called on authorities to introduce measures to control Mumbai air pollution, suggesting a halt to construction for several months. “At least have strict dust and pollution controls at these pollution sites, just like China and Korea,” she said. Singh also suggested cloud seeding, citing Mumbai’s high humidity levels. Mumbai AQI today Mumbai AQI improved slightly to the moderate category on Thursday after falling into the poor category a day ago. According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Sameer app, Mumbai AQI stood at 172 at 2 pm. As many as six monitoring stations recorded ‘poor’ AQI. Mulund West was worst hit, with a reading of 255. According to CPCB standards, an AQI between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51–100 as ‘satisfactory’, 101-200 ‘moderate’, 201-300 ‘poor’, 301-400 ‘very-always’ and 401-always-poor.