Overview
- Seven ready-mix concrete units have operated for about a year in Bavdhan and Bavdhan Budruk near homes and defence-sensitive areas.
- Residents report cement dust, particulate exposure and slurry entering drains and roads, affecting more than 10,000 people and nearby schools.
- Despite repeated complaints to the MPCB, PMRDA, PMC and the district collector, locals say the plants continue to run without effective curbs.
- The MPCB says it inspected the sites, issued show-cause notices and opened an investigation, with directions pending under revised state guidelines and potential shutdowns for violations.
- Advocate Krunnal Gharre plans to move the National Green Tribunal, and residents allege operators tried to depress air-quality readings by spraying water near a monitoring van.