Even though the city's noise pollution level during this Diwali was the lowest in the past 15 years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) did not take action against those bursting firecrackers, the use of which has been banned in the city. However, civic officials claim that they visited the areas from where complaints came in and the teams formed at ward level issued warnings as well.

The BMC was supposed to form teams in cooperation with the police to check whether the ban was being observed by citizens. The civic officials had earlier said that on receipt of any complaint, the teams would immediately be sent to the spot. While this was done at a few places, no action was taken against the offenders, revealed sources.