Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: A new study suggests that coal-based thermal power plants are responsible for aggravating air pollution in Delhi-NCR, as most of them are not complying with emission control norms. Delhi-NCR has 11 thermal power plants.
An analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) revealed that the thermal power plants contribute around 8 per cent of particulate matter (PM) to the air in Delhi-NCR.
Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, of Research and Advocacy, CSE, said in a press release, “Delhi and NCR cannot meet the clean air benchmark and protect public health if the continuous sources of pollution like thermal power plants remain high emitters.”
Roychowdhury said that these plants have not been able to meet the standards and are at varying stages of progress simply because the target dates for compliance (with emission control norms) are shifting continually).
The recent study by the environmental think tank matter, nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide emissions from the 11 thermal power plants (TPPs) in Delhi-NCR.
