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Thermal power plants face closure as air quality dips in NCRBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2020
With the air quality index turning severe, coal-based power plants in the NCR are preparing to shut. The power plant in Panipat shut down on Monday, while the ones in Hisar and Yamunanagar are... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) , Panipat thermal power station |
Delhi Pollution: Air Quality Degrades to ‘Severe’ Category on Dussehra, Likely to Improve Next WeekBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 26, 2020
As the winter air settles lower and lower every day, Delhi’s air quality left residents gasping on Sunday as it moved to ‘severe’ category with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded above 400 at... Read more.. |
BS-VI introduction a revolutionary step to reduce vehicular pollution: JavadekarBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 19, 2020
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Air emergency measures from Oct 15, diesel gensets banned in Delhi-NCRBy : Sustainability ..., Oct 9, 2020
Diesel generator sets will be banned October 15 onwards in Delhi and neighbouring National Capital Region towns with the implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to check... Read more.. Subject Tags: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) , diesel generators , India , pollution control measure |
E-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart yet to respond on use of plastic: CPCB to NGTBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 16, 2020
E-commerce giants against whom a petition has been filed in the National Green Tribunal to stop them from allegedly using excessive plastic for packaging have either not submitted complete documents regarding the quantity of plastic consumption or have not responded to the... Read more.. |
Chennai-based environmental group seeks more norms for disposal of COVID-19 medical waste in Tamil NaduBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 4, 2020
Poovulagin Nanbargal, an environmental group, has requested the Tamil Nadu government that a few more recommendations, in addition to the regulations released by the Central Pollution Control Board for disposal of medical, and other waste used in treating COVID-19, be... Read more.. Subject Tags: biomedical waste , Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) , coronavirus , plastic waste |
Punjab pushes for extension of deadline for installation of FGDs at power plantsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 7, 2020
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has recommended to the central authorities to extend the deadline for the installation of fuel gas desulphurization(FGD) units at the thermal power plants in the state. The deadline for the same expired on December 31, but none of the... Read more.. |
Pollution regulator threatens to shut 14 thermal plants over emission normsBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 6, 2020
Taking a strict view of thermal power stations’ failure to meet emission standards, the Central Pollution Control Board (CBCB) has issued warnings to 14 plants across six states of the country. In a notice dated January 31, a day before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman... Read more.. |
Punjab: State-owned thermal power plants miss deadline for FGD normsBy : Sustainability ..., Jan 6, 2020
Even as the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had issued directives to the state-owned thermal power plants in the state to install the fuel gas desulphurization (FGD) units by December 31, to cut down on the sulphur emissions, both Ropar and Lehra Mohabatt power plants... Read more.. |
Govt cancels auction under Phase 2 of pilot scheme to salvage stressed power unitsBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 19, 2019
India's NTPC snubs foreign emissions tech, shuts out GE, others from $2 billion orders Top Indian electricity generator NTPC has rejected the emissions-cutting technology of GE and other foreign firms for its coal-fired plants, documents show, shutting them out of an... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , Carbon Emissions , Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) , electricity generator , NTPC , sulphur oxides |