India, Nov. 17 -- The environment department of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has sealed eleven ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants across Tathawade, Punawale, Pimple Nilakh, and Moshi for violating pollution norms.

The action was taken in accordance with the civic bodies' Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) after inspection teams found several units openly violating environmental rules. The action was taken during the past two days.

According to officials, earlier this week, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) shared a list of 30 RMC units within the PCMC limits. These units were found to ignore essential measures required to reduce pollution. All these 11 RMC plants are from the same list, said the officials....