Mumbai: After halting all construction activities, both private and public, in Borivli (East) and Byculla due to rising AQI levels in these areas, the BMC on Tuesday issued stop-work notices to 45 sites in Borivli (East) and 33 in Byculla.
The BMC also issued a detailed 28-point guideline for the mitigation of air pollution. Promoters, developers, and contractors of civic projects were asked to submit an Environmental Management Plan (EMP).
Officials from the Environment and Climate Change department inspected a total of 877 construction projects from Nov 2024 to check whether the 28-point guidelines were being implemented and whether the EMP was submitted. Wherever dereliction was found, show-cause and stop-work notices were issued. The BMC is also implementing immediate, short-term, and long-term measures to bring the city’s air pollution under control. As part of these measures, it has prohibited granting permission for trenching works, except in case of main water pipeline leakages.
The BMC chief on Monday had said that AQI in Worli and Navy Nagar is in the poor category, and if there is no improvement in 2-3 days, a decision will be made to stop all construction activities there. tnn