Overview
- NMMC ordered immediate work stoppage at 19 sites and issued notices to 42 others after December inspections documented pollution-control breaches.
- The closures were invoked under GRAP-4 when AQI readings at those locations exceeded 200, according to municipal commissioner Kailas Shinde.
- Penalty notices have been served to 173 developers for non-compliance, with the civic body warning that building permissions could be canceled for violations of the SOP.
- Construction projects must install on-site air quality monitors, with 30 sites already compliant as the rollout continues alongside intensified dust-suppression operations.
- Disputing higher values from low-cost sensors, NMMC urged residents to rely on the SAMEER app or CPCB website for verified air quality data.