Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has asked the state civil aviation department to look into complaints of high-intensity blasts at Navi Mumbai international airport construction site. This comes after green groups wrote to the CM stating that CBD Belapur residents living near the airport land have alleged that the blasts are leading to tremors and even cracks in buildings. The CM’s Office took note of it and informed NatConnect on Monday that Valsa Nair Singh, principal secretary of state civil aviation department, would take action, said B N Kumar, director of NatConnect Foundation.

The NGO had sent an email to Shinde on Saturday stating that people living along the creek at CBD Belapur and other areas have alleged that the high-intensity blasts at the ongoing work site for the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) are causing tremors akin to earthquakes, leading to cracks in buildings.