It is a known fact that, BMC has issued 27 points guidelines to all private and public construction cites to mitigate air pollution.
It was issued on October 25, and by October 27, the BMC has issued its first notice to a developer. Prestige Group which is carrying out a project in Mulund was the recipient of the notice.
The BMC notice was issued on October 27, after a flying squad visited the site. The BMC guidelines have asked developers to erect 35 feet high tin/metal sheets around the periphery of construction projects having height more than 70 mt.
The BMC also have asked developer to carry out continuous sprinkling/spraying of water during the process of demolition of the structure. All construction sites shall install CCTV camera.
Prestige Group in a detailed statement said, “The Prestige Group has an obligation to deliver homes on time to our homeowners and we always do so with an equal obligation and responsibility towards the environment and the community we develop our properties in. The new guidelines were issued on Oct 25, 2023 by the BMC to all private and public bodies and, like others in the industry, we have immediately initiated actions to ensure compliance with these guidelines. We are among the select developers who had already installed and deployed two anti-smog guns more than a year back. It is also a standard practice at Prestige to have dust/safety screens across all floors where active construction work is happening, high periphery fencing on the boundary of the work sites, covered debris trucks, wheel washing facilities for construction vehicles and continuous cleaning/water sprinkling on the roads to curb the impact of construction activity. Compliance across all the guidelines of the BMC will take some time to execute but we are working expeditiously to achieve the same. As a responsible organization, we will continue to ensure that we action the requirements as prescribed by the authorities.”
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