India, April 22 -- The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to inspect an allegedly illegal ready-mix concrete (RMC) plant in Bhuleshwar after a petition claimed that it was being operated overnight in a residential area, causing disturbance.

A division-bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice Makarand Karnik heard the petition filed by Mohammed Sharif Zahirullah Khan, which claimed that an illegally constructed RMC plant in Yakub Lane on Hussainiya Marg was operating overnight, causing noise pollution and heavy dust emission. It added that the MPCB had failed to act despite repeated complaints and reminders since July 2024.

The petition, filed in February, alleged that the RMC plant ...