Sion residents say pollution from concrete batching plant is making them ill

Residents of three societies from Sion have complained that a ready-mix-concrete (RMC) plant located near their complexes is causing air and noise pollution, leading to several of them falling ill.
An RMC plant is a factory or cement mixing plant where cement mix is made in large quantities, mostly used for construction.
An official from the private RMC plant said the operator had spent nearly Rs70 lakh to meet the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board’s (MPCB) norms. “We put up tin sheds that are more than 10-feet tall and barricaded the periphery of the plant. We installed dust suppression systems. We created a two-level tyre washing technique to reduce dust. Senior MPCB officials visited our plant and gave us consent to operate,” said the official.

Residents of Everard Nagar, Lokmanya Pan Bazaar and Harshad housing societies in Sion have filed repeated complaints with the MPCB over the past two years, demanding that the plant be shut down and relocated. However, no action has been taken against the plant operators.
“Trucks exiting the plant leave behind cement on the roads in front of our buildings. This has led to dust pollution, which has been causing eye irritation, breathing troubles, cough and cold for a lot of residents,” said Saraswathi Sundareswaran, resident of Everard Nagar. “Either the plant should be shut or the trucks need to use an alternative route,” she said, adding 500 residents began a signature campaign to shut the plant but the authorities did not act.
A resident of Lokmanya Pan Bazaar housing society said the process of cement batching and constant movement of trucks had led to high noise levels. “The plant has caused sleepless nights for our children as each time a truck passes through the narrow roads, our walls start to vibrate,” said BS Farale, secretary of the society.
An official from the concrete batching plant manufacturers said the residents had a problem with the trucks using the service road in front of the societies. “The road is also marked on the city’s development plan and can be used by trucks,” he added.
According to MPCB guidelines, RMC plants must create a 100-m buffer zone from residential areas and arterial roads. Most plants do not follow this.
MPCB officials said similar complaints were filed last year by residents and the plant had been given a notice. “After we intervened, the plant was shut down for a few months this year. It installed dust separator, collection systems and complied with all our guidelines,” said the sub-regional officer of the area, MPCB. “The plant has taken the consent of various departments of the civic body and is functioning without causing pollution,” he added.
The land owners, Somaiya Trust, which has a cancer hospital in the same vicinity as the plant also refuted the residents’ allegations. “The RMC plant only uses wet slurry. There is no question of dust emanating from there. It has not caused any issues for any of our patients either,” said V Ranganathan, representative, Somaiya Trust.
What is an RMC plant?
An RMC plant is a factory or horizontal concrete batching plant where cement mix is made in large quantities. From here, the mix is delivered to construction sites in trucks with mixers that keep rotating to prevent it from getting dry. Such a plant can produce 80 to 100 metric cubes of concrete daily.
A 2010-’11 study by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on the sources of pollution in Mumbai found that construction activities alone were responsible for a whopping 8% of the city’s pollution.

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Batching plants on Yamuna: NGT notice to Larsen & Toubro

Heeding to the plea of an environment activist who moved the National Green Tribunal against the operation of cement mixing plant on Yamuna floodplains here, the green panel today sought a response from an engineering and construction major on the issue.
A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, issued a notice to Larsen & Toubro which is carrying out the extension of the third phase of Barapullah Elevated Road across the Yamuna.

"One of the sub-groups of the Principal Committee, constituted by the Tribunal, comprising the landscape officer and the Chief engineer (EZ) of DDA had visited the site in question.
"After noting the violations (blocking the flow of Yamuna) by the containerized concrete batching plant, DDA wrote to the Public Works Department and the project proponent in this regard. We were assured that the needful would be done," Sharma said.
The matter is listed for next hearing on October 30.
Manoj Mishra of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan had alleged that the firm has violated the green panel's order which had prohibited any kind of construction activity on the flood plains on the river.
The plea had sought a stay and imposition of fine on the ongoing constructions on the floodplains that had taken place on the river bed in violation of the Tribunal's January 13 judgment.
"Despite the clear direction of this Tribunal barring any new construction (temporary or permanent) in the floodplain of the Yamuna, the activities of leveling of the flood plain and operation of batching plants are going on opposite Mayur Vihar Phase I in the east bank and opposite Sarai Kale Khan in West Bank respectively, by private parties," the plea, filed through advocate Rahul Choudhary, had said.
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Brokerages Give $96.67 Average Price Target to Eagle Materials

Shares of Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) have been given an average broker rating score of 1.80 (Buy) from the five analysts that cover the stock, Zacks Investment Research reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a strong buy rating on the company. Eagle Materials’ rating score has declined by 20% in the last three months as a result of various analysts’ ratings changes.

Brokers have set a 1-year consensus price target of $96.67 for the company and are predicting that the company will post $0.91 EPS for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Zacks has also assigned Eagle Materials an industry rank of 115 out of 265 based on the ratings given to its competitors.

Separately, analysts at Zacks reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Eagle Materials in a research note on Friday, May 1st.

Shares of Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) traded up 0.42% on Tuesday, hitting $78.68. 164,310 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. Eagle Materials has a one year low of $68.54 and a one year high of $105.69. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $79.61 and its 200-day moving average is $79.90. The company has a market cap of $3.95 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.21.

Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $223.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $246.68 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.45 earnings per share. Eagle Materials’s revenue was up 17.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts predict that Eagle Materials will post $4.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.10 per share. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th.

Eagle Materials Inc. manufactures and distributes gypsum wallboard and also manufactures and sells cement. Gypsum wallboard is distributed throughout the United States, in the geographic markets nearest to its production facilities. The Company sells cement in six regional markets, including northern Nevada and California, the greater Chicago area, the Rocky Mountain region, the Central Plains region and Texas. Its gypsum wallboard business is supported by its recycled paperboard business, while its cement business is supported by its concrete and aggregates business. The Company operates six cement mixing plant, five gypsum wallboard plants, one recycled paperboard plant, seventeen mobile batching plants, four aggregates facilities and one frac sand processing and drying plant. The Company operates in two business segments: Cement and Concrete and Aggregates, and Gypsum Wallboard and Recycled Paperboard.

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