The determination comes aft residents from Breach Candy, Worli complained astir sound contamination caused by speeding vehicles precocious astatine night. Viren Shah, a section resident, connected Friday besides wrote a missive to the Mumbai constabulary arsenic good arsenic the CMO expressing interest implicit the sound pollution.
To curb overspeeding connected Mumbai Coastal Road’s southward agelong betwixt Marine Drive and Worli, the Mumbai constabulary is acceptable to deploy 2 interceptor vehicles. Meanwhile, the BMC is acceptable to instal CCTV cameras equipped with speed-tracking astatine the road.
At present, the full 10-km agelong of the high-speed corridor is operational and locals allege during nighttime luxury cars question astatine precocious speed, causing sound pollution. The velocity bounds connected the coastal roadworthy is astir 60 kmph.
“The BMC’s CCTV cameras don’t person speedometers. So, the RTO has asked america to deploy interceptor vehicles connected the coastal road. Initially, 2 specified units volition beryllium deployed starting adjacent week. In the meantime, the BMC volition besides instal precocious cameras equipped with Advanced Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology,” Anil Kumbhare, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), told The Indian Express connected Friday.
The determination comes aft residents from Breach Candy, Worli complained astir sound contamination caused by speeding vehicles precocious astatine night. Viren Shah, a section resident, connected Friday besides wrote a missive to the Mumbai constabulary arsenic good arsenic the CMO expressing interest implicit the sound pollution.
Posting a video of speeding vehicles connected X, the Breach Candy Resident’s Forum (BCRF) said, “Every Sunday, supercars contention on the Coastal Road astatine precocious speeds, creating excessive sound and disturbing residents’ peace. Despite aggregate appeals, nary enactment has been taken yet.”
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