India, Dec. 9 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected over Rs.45 lakh in penalties from over 4,000 offenders from construction sites across the city in the last two months, for flouting norms aimed at mitigating air pollution. Additionally, stop-work notices have been issued to over 200 construction sites.

According to BMC data, 4,209 violations, including unclean premises, lack of tarpaulin cover, burning of waste, and unauthorised debris dumping, were recorded across various wards, with more than 200 construction sites issued stop-work notices. Of the 4,209 cases, 1014 cases with penalties worth Rs.22,26,442 were reported in November and 3195 cases with penalties worth Rs.22,84,094 were reported in October. C-Ward...