According to the Mumbai police commissioner, builders will be required to provide noise pollution mitigation bonds.

Sanjay Pandey, Mumbai Police Commissioner, announced on March 29 that builders will be required to post bonds to ensure that noise pollution at city construction sites does not exceed prescribed limits and hours.

During a Mumbai Press Club event, he also stated that, based on the responses he has received, Mumbai residents consider noise pollution to be a serious problem.

Police will take bonds of “good behaviour” from builders under the Code of Criminal Procedure, according to Pandey, who held his first press conference as the city’s top cop last month, to ensure that noise at construction sites does not exceed 65 decibels and does not continue after prescribed hours.

According to Pandey, who held his first press conference as the city’s top cop last month, police will take bonds of “good behaviour” from builders under the Code of Criminal Procedure to ensure that noise at construction sites does not exceed 65 decibels and does not continue after prescribed hours.

“In the city, noise pollution is a major issue. Children cannot sleep, and seniors cannot sleep at all “He stated this. Even as he spoke, the commissioner became aware of background noise from metro station construction. According to Pandey, he met with members of the construction business associations CREDAI-MCHI in this regard.

According to the commissioner, a builder in the Matunga suburbs was recently charged under the Mumbai Police Act for working until 1 a.m. on a construction site. “There’s a section of the CrPC that says you have to furnish a bond (under certain circumstances), and you have to furnish it so that it doesn’t happen again,” he explained, adding that such a bond could cost several lakhs of rupees.

“Unless you violate the relationship,” Pandey added, “you will almost certainly be imprisoned or fined that percentage.” “I’m not threatening anyone,” he clarified, “but if you’ve been given time, a noise level should be followed…the noise level for builders is 65.”

“Beginning March 31, builders must install sound cutters to reduce noise,” Pandey added. He claimed that narcotic drugs were a major problem in Mumbai. “There is a great agency that only talks about very large seizures,” the commissioner said, without specifying which agency he was referring to, state or central.

He went on to say that there was a widespread belief within the police force that only “quality cases” would be handled by the specialised anti-narcotics cell, while “quantity cases” would be investigated at police stations.

Every drug consumption and transaction is a serious matter for society, according to Pandey, who promised to crack down on drugs across the city in the coming days.

In response to the rise in cybercrime, he stated that the lack of a cybercrime law was a major problem, and that the provisions of the Information Technology Act were inadequate. He believes that enacting a data protection and privacy law is necessary.

Pandey also stated that under current rules, only inspector-level officers are permitted to investigate cyber crimes, which causes delays in such investigations, and that the situation could improve if lower-level officials were also permitted to investigate such cases.