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Bullet Train project: BMC issues show cause notice after finding BKC site flouting air pollution norms

BMC's H East Ward Officer, Mrudula Ande, said that the the matter of rising air pollution levels in Mumbai has been taken very seriously by the civic authority

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An inspection at the Bullet Train project site in BKC was conducted by the BMC's flying squad. Pic/Ritika Gondhalekar

An inspection at the Bullet Train project site in BKC was conducted by the BMC's flying squad. Pic/Ritika Gondhalekar

In an inspection conducted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) flying squad, officials found that the ongoing Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project works in the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) area were allegedly flouting several pollution-related norms.

While, according to the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC), 85 per cent of the excavation works have been completed, the flying squads which visited the site last Friday observed that many of the 28-point rule list were not being followed.

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