India, March 23 -- After Kandivali residents complained of sleepless nights due to high-speed motorcycles with modified silencers racing past midnight on key residential stretches, traffic police removed six illegal silencers in the past month.

The road linking Lokhandwala to Pathanwadi in Malad-a relatively open, uninterrupted patch with little traffic and no speed breakers-has, residents say, become a preferred corridor for bikers who rev loudly late into the night.

Subroojit S C, 38, who moved to Godrej Nest a year ago, said the disturbance on this stretch has been unrelenting. "Bikers with no regard for residents' sleep keep riding through the stretch, especially after midnight," he said, adding that what was meant to be a fresh sta...