Builders will have to furnish bonds about avoiding noise pollution: Mumbai police commissioner

Bonds will be taken from builders to ensure that there is no noise pollution beyond prescribed limits and hours at construction sites in the city Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey said on TuesdaySpeaking at an interaction organized by the Mumbai Press Club he also said that as per the response received by him Mumbai residents deem noise pollution to be a serious problemPolice will take bonds of good behaviour under the Code of Criminal Procedure from builders to ensure that noise at construction sites will not cross 65 decibels and will not continue after prescribed hours said Pandey who held a press conference for the first time after taking over as the citys top cop last monthWhen he shared his contact number on social media and asked for suggestions about how policing can be improved he was expecting that people will talk about crime and the menace of gangsters but was surprised to find that people talked more about noise pollution Pandey saidNoise is a huge problem in the city Kids are not able to sleep there are seniors who can not have any kind of rest he saidThe commissioner noted that even as he was speaking there was noise of metro station construction in the backgroundHe held a meeting with members of construction business associations CREDAI MCHI in this regard Pandey saidRecently a builder in suburban Matunga was charged under the Mumbai Police Act for continuing construction activity till 1 at night the commissioner saidThere is a section under the CrPC which says you have to furnish a bond under certain circumstances and you have to furnish it so that you will not do it again he said adding such a bond could run into several lakhs of rupeesIn case you break the bond you will probably be behind the bars or pay that much money Pandey addedI am not threatening anybody but I am saying if you have been given time a decibel level it should be followedthe decibel level is 65 for builders he saidFrom March 31 builders must install sound cutters which will reduce noise Pandey addedNarcotic drugs was a huge menace in Mumbai he saidThere is a great agency which only talks about very big seizures the commissioner said without specifying which agency state or central he was talking aboutHe added that even in the police force there was this thinking that only quality cases are to be handled by the specialised antinarcotic cell while quantity cases will be probed at police stationsIn reality every drug consumption and transaction is a serious matter for society Pandey said promising action against drugs across the city in the coming daysSpeaking about the increase in cybercrimes he said the absence of a law to deal with cybercrimes was a major issue as provisions of the Information Technology Act were not enoughSpecifically there needs to be a law about data protection and privacy he saidPandey also said that as per the present rules only inspectorlevel officers can probe cyber crimes which delays the investigation of such cases and the situation can improve if lowerlevel officials are also allowed to probe these casesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever