Mumbai: Responding to the criticism that BMC had actually awakened late to release a cautioning to building and construction websites who stopped working to set up AQI screens, the BMC has actually declared that the civic body has actually triggered ward level teams to keep an examine whether the building websites are sticking to the 28 point standards.
Civic authorities pointed out that program cause and stop work notifications are being provided to building and construction websites that do not adhere to the standards.“As many as 314 notices including 275 show cause notices and 39 stop work notices have been issued to construction sites across the city in the month of Sept alone.This is a continuous process and the squads at the ward level keep visiting the construction sites to check adherence to the guidelines.
The BMC is also issuing notices to the construction sites that have not set up AQI monitors,” stated a civic authorities.
Previous corporator Ravi Raja composed on ‘X’ that Mumbai has actually been breathing toxin for the last 2 winter seasons which the AQI was “severe” for days, yet the BMC waited till Oct 28 to even threaten action versus over 600 building websites that neglected its June instruction on setting up sensor-based air displays.
Raja explained that less than half of the city’s building and construction websites have actually adhered to the instructions. The previous corporator likewise stated that public health can not be imprisoned to contractor interests which the BMC should enforce instant fines and stop-work orders. “While AQI monitors will help in checking the air quality at a site, right now it is important to ensure that the construction sites do not violate the guidelines. Besides, the process of installing sensor based AQI monitors at all sites, according to specifications issued by BMC and integrating it with the civic air quality monitoring system, will take some time.
We came out with specifications for AQI monitors to ensure that quality sensors based monitors are installed at the sites,” stated a senior civic authorities.