India, April 16 -- After taking action against ready mix concrete (RMC) plants for violating air pollution norms, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has now stepped up action against the automotive sector with at least five notices issued to automotive- manufacturing and servicing companies in Pune district within the span of a week.

After repeated complaints about air pollution across the city and after observing higher levels of particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5mm (PM2.5) in the atmosphere, the MPCB recently launched a special drive against RMC plants in the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad cities. As part of this drive, the board issued closure notices to 11 plants and show cause notices to 17 plants in these cities.

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