One of the city's biggest development projects, the Metro 2B line, is giving sleepless nights to residents on the Santacruz stretch of S V Road. Fed up of the work continuing until the early hours, many troubled residents have even ended up calling the police on Sunday and Tuesday, when work went on till 5 am.

The past few days have been particularly bad for several senior citizens who reside in the Avanti building. Resident Joan Fernandes, 67, said they haven't been able to sleep for several nights due to the deafening noise of the Metro machines, "On Saturday night, they started working at 2.30 am and were pouring concrete for the column. When we inquired, they said they have 'orders from above' to continue the work." She added that her entire family has been unable to sleep at night due to the noise and the constant vibration.