India, June 29 -- Construction at the proposed Vikhroli Business City continued despite a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stop-work notice and repeated pollution norm violations, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

In an affidavit filed before the NGT, the MPCB said inspections at the 8.8-acre commercial project being developed by Mapletree at the junction of LBS Marg and the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road found multiple violations of air and noise pollution norms.

It said another inspection on June 9 revealed that most deficiencies remained unaddressed and construction was continuing despite the BMC's stop-work notice.

The MPCB said the site lacked mandatory dust-contr...