In an order that is expected to have wide ramifications, the Western Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to frame guidelines and norms regarding noise and dust control during all construction projects.

The court was hearing a petition filed by a Baner-based housing society against a construction site that was creating noise and air pollution and that the physical and mental health of the residents was being impacted. The petitioner was Supreme Pallacio Cooperative Housing Society on Pan Card Club Road, that took on a major builder that is carrying out construction of an IT Park near it.

Noise and Dust

On Friday, the NGT had ordered that the construction company “does not proceed with the construction activities till the

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