Overview
- Navi Mumbai’s civic body issued 79 notices after inspections found widespread non-compliance with dust and emission safeguards at construction sites.
- Air quality in Navi Mumbai deteriorated this week, with night-time readings in Rabale and Ghansoli reaching the Very Poor range and one Rabale monitor near AQI 280.
- Recorded violations included non-functional sprinklers and foggers, inadequate barricading, missing wheel-wash facilities, uncovered material stacks and open transport of debris.
- NMMC stepped up on-ground operations using dust-suppression vehicles, mechanical sweepers and jet-spray machines along key corridors including the Thane-Belapur industrial belt.
- The BMC issued a formal warning to the Dharavi Redevelopment Project’s Matunga site, scheduled a follow-up inspection within a week and outlined potential stop-work orders or permission revocation under new 28-point guidelines.