MUMBAI: Despite explicit stop-work notices issued due to persistent dust and noise violations, construction activity at the massive 8.8-acre Vikhroli Business City project has allegedly continued unabated, forcing state and civic authorities to seek urgent legal and police intervention.
Simultaneously, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) dispatched a letter to the Park Site police station, asking officers to “take appropriate action as may be permissible under law, if any construction and activity is found to be continuing. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has now approached the District Magistrate, Mumbai Suburban, under section 152 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) to enforce the removal of the public nuisance. The BMC first served a stop-work notice to the project in January 2026, followed by an MPCB stop-work order on July 1. Early inspections by the pollution board recorded 10 distinct violations, including missing anti-smog guns, uncovered debris, and diesel-powered compressors operating without acoustic enclosures. Subsequent air-quality monitoring revealed PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations far exceeding National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
