Overview
- Flying squads formed on Bombay High Court directions inspected 163 ready-mix concrete facilities in the past eight days, ordering closures for four units in Navi Mumbai and Bhiwandi.
- Penalties of Rs 1.89 crore were recovered from 35 RMC plants found violating norms, including 24 in Mumbai, one in Kalyan and 10 in Navi Mumbai.
- The board issued proposed directions to 59 plants and interim directions to 34 units to implement pollution-control measures.
- Inspections covered 108 large construction projects, with two sites fined a total of Rs 10 lakh for air-quality violations.
- Since December 2025, MPCB reports 196 RMC inspections, Rs 3.59 crore in penalties recovered and eight total plant closures, alongside expanded inspection teams and technical guidance to operators.