Residents living near Andheri (East) stretch of the Jogeshwari Vikroli Link Road (JVLR) have been complaining of being forced to spend sleepless nights for the past three days due to the loud noise created by bikers who race till wee hours of the morning.

"Bike racing is a routine on JVLR, but since past three days it has become a daily affair between 2 am to 4 am. In fact, I was woken up by loud noise in the wee hours of Wednesday morning and heard several noisy bikers pass by and immediately called up the Mumbai police control room around 4:15 am lodging a complaint," said Tasneem Shaikh, a resident of Oberoi Splendor. Tasneem also called up the Meghwadi police station following which two constables even reached her building around 4:30 am.

Shaikh said it was a shocking for her to see that the constables simply kept giving her reasons as to why they couldn't tackle this nuisance. "I was equally surprised by the fact that a police van is stationed round the clock near Ganesh talao on JVLR, not very far from our building, yet the cops we not able to crack down on these bikers who not only were putting their lives but also others lives at risk by driving at such high speeds," she said. She also said that she has sent a complaint to the Mumbai Police Commissioner as well.

Nilesh Patil another resident of Poonam Nagar said that this issue was a very serious one, but the police were ignoring it despite regular complaints. "On days there are 20 odd bikers in groups racing down JVLR, and most of these bikers have modified silencers, which make extremely loud noise thus disturbing the entire locality. Its surprising that despite having CCTV cameras the traffic cops are not able to catch the culprits," he said.

Policemen from Meghwadi police station, while confirming the complaint, said that nabbing the bikers is extremely tricky as in case of a chase if someone fell and died it would boomerang on the cops. "Our staff will be placed in the area to carry out patrolling," a police officer said.