MUMBAI, Jan. 21 -- The civic administration on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that it has issued 409 show cause notices and 284 stop work notices between December 29, 2025, and January 13, 2026, where construction sites were found to be non-compliant with guidelines, as part of an intensified enforcement drive to curb worsening air pollution in Mumbai. The court was hearing a suo-motu public interest litigation (PIL) taken up in 2023 and a bunch of intervention applications filed recently after the air quality index (AQI) dropped substantially. On December 24, 2025, the court had reprimanded the BMC for turning a blind eye towards worsening air pollution in the city. In an affidavit filed by the BMC on Monday, Avinash Hindurao Kate, chief engineer (environment and climate change), said the civic body has operationalised an action plan, which necessitates immediate action against repetitive, non-complying sites, reports on the daily action taken, including intensification of road cleaning and washing. P3...