India, May 9 -- The district administration is planning to create designated core zones in the city where ready mix concrete (RMC) plants will be allowed to operate, while imposing restrictions on the movement of concrete vehicles.

Pune district collector Jitendra Dudi chaired a meeting regarding issues related to RMC plants, which have been causing several civic and environmental concerns. Pune municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram and his Pimpri-Chinchwad counterpart Vijay Suryawanshi, officials from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) attended the meeting.

During the discussion, officials acknowledged that several RMC plants were contributing to environmental pollut...