Updated On: 06 March, 2026 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
BMC has issued 149 stop-work notices to construction projects in Mumbai’s Malad area for violating dust-control norms amid rising pollution concerns. RTI data shows 224 sites were inspected, with activists warning that enforcement gaps and multiple agencies weaken accountability

Multiple construction sites in Malad, which falls under the P North ward, were served stop-work notices by the BMC for violating mandatory dust-control norms. Pics/By Special Arrangement
As construction activity surges across Mumbai and dust pollution increasingly clouds the city’s air, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has intensified enforcement against projects violating mandatory dust-control norms. In P North Ward, the city’s largest administrative ward, which covers the Malad locality, civic officials have issued 149 stop-work notices to construction projects found flouting pollution safeguards.
