Aparna.. can you stop it!

Residents of Nallagandla complain of sleepless nights. Victims say they now cannot bear the noise.

How can they carry out construction work for 24 hours straight?

Recently, some people protested in front of the Aparna Zicon project, Nallagandla, complaining that Aparna Group, a leading construction company from Hyderabad city, is carrying out construction work for 24 hours. Residents there allege that Aparna is taking up construction work without following the norms, leading to a lack of peace among the public in the area. They are complaining that noise and air pollution caused by the round-the-clock construction are causing major trouble for the residents of the area, especially children, women, and the elderly. All of them are demanding that the construction work be stopped for now, at least not during the night.

According to GHMC rules, no company should carry out construction work after 6 p.m. However, it seems like a name-sake rule, as no builder in Hyderabad cares much about it. If construction is carried out 24 hours a day in the vacant areas, no one will have much trouble. But in areas where the public is already present, it will only trouble the people. In this regard, what some builders do in populated areas is that they take up the construction work only until 8 or 10 p.m., especially around colonies and gated communities. The Pollution Control Board also demands the same.

Any construction company shall not cause noise pollution exceeding 55 decibels in the morning and 45 decibels at night. However, the number of builders following this rule in Hyderabad can be counted on the tip of the fingers. Big builders are paying police, PCB officers, and other staff a huge amount every month and managing the construction work. If any builder is working at night, despite people complaining about it, the cops visit the site namesake and leave in no time. After that, the respective builders will work as usual. So, to prevent the builders from working at night, it is possible only if all the people fight together. In this order, only if a court case is filed against the local organisation and PCB will the people there be able to have peaceful sleep at night.