The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to curb construction work between 7 am to 7 pm. The deadline for such works is 10 pm currently.
The move comes amid concerns of noise and air pollution triggered by increasing construction work in the city.
The proposal to introduce new construction timings, floated by senior BJP corporator Alka Kelkar, is set to be tabled in a general body meeting on March 17, as per The Indian Express.
As per reports by BMC, Mumbai has been witnessing a massive churn in infrastructure with over 2,200 construction sites. Of these, between 1,200-1,300 sites involve big projects that are estimated to have project costs over INR 1,000 crore.
The civic body has also launched a crackdown against construction sites with daily inspections of the implementation of its 28-point guidelines by ward-level staffers due to rising AQI levels in Mumbai.
Current norms stipulate that construction work in Mumbai can be undertaken between 6 am and 10 pm.
It was in 2016 that the erstwhile commissioner, Ajoy Mehta, had issued a circular extending construction timings by four hours up to 10 pm, as part of its ‘Ease of Business Doing’ policy. Prior to this, the BMC restricted construction between 7.00 am to 7.00 pm.
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