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Centre Tweaks Policy To Use Biomass Pellets In Coal-Fired Power Plants
The power ministry has set a revised policy to use biomass pellets in coal-burning thermal power plants, encouraging use of agricultural waste that is otherwise burnt by farmers, causing air pollution.
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Coal Power Plant Pollution Could Lead To More Premature Deaths In 6 Cities, Finds Study
A recent study shows that the number of premature deaths due to coal-fired thermal power plant pollution has increased by 60 per cent in cities including Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi/NCT and Bengaluru.
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Air Quality Panel Asks 11 Thermal Plants Near Delhi To Co-Fire Biomass Pellets
Centre's air quality commission has directed 11 thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal, saying this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution
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"Amusing" That Delhi Government Filed PIL Against Centre: Supreme Court
The Delhi government had filed a PIL against a Union Environment Ministry notification on power plants. The Supreme Court found it amusing that a state had used such an instrument against the Centre, allowing Delhi's counsel to withdraw the plea.
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Household Heating, Cooking Behind 40% Of Delhi's Pollution: Study
Household heating and cooking accounted for 40 per cent of Delhi's PM 2.5 pollution in December 2020 and January 2021, according to a new study.
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11 NCR Thermal Plants Caused 7% Delhi Air Pollution In October-January: Study
The 11 coal-fired power plants in the National Capital Region contributed just 7 per cent to Delhi's PM2.5 pollution on an average between October 2020 and January 2021, while vehicles contributed 14 per cent, according to a new study.
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PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone For Khurja And Buxar Thermal Power Plants
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid foundation stones for two thermal power plants, one in Uttar Pradesh and the other in Bihar, while slamming previous governments for "ignoring" the power sector.
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Delhi's Biggest Thermal Plant Shuts As Pollution Plan Kicks In: 10 Points
Delhi's biggest coal power plant has been ordered to be permanently closed from today and the roads will be swept with special machines as part of a set of emergency measures that have been put in place by the government to combat air pollution, authorities said. With the temperatures slowing dipping, Delhi air pollution levels have gone up with to...
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Coal Rushed To Delhi Power Plants By Railways To Avert Coal Shortage
With coal stock of some power stations in the national capital region falling to an alarming level, Coal India and Railways are rushing coal supplies to Dadri and Badarpur power plants of the NTPC.
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Delhi Air Pollution: 'Dust' Screen Hiding Bigger Killers
Dust may be the most visible marker of Delhi's air pollution, but its sheer abundance may actually be masking the bigger killers- emissions from vehicles, thermal power plants and industries.
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NTPC Calls For Utilisation Of Badarpur Plant Surplus Coal: Report
NTPC has requested the government to allow surplus coal at its Badarpur thermal power plant in Delhi to be utilised for a power unit in Madhya Pradesh.
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How Dhanush Filmed Thodari. It Was 'Life Threatening'
"After college, I was posted as supervisor in the Thermal power plant at Ghaziabad for four months. I travelled from Chennai to Delhi on the Grand Trunk Express and the events and people on the 2-day journey inspired me to make Thodari," said Prabhu Solomon
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Why Not Shut Down Delhi's Badarpur Power Plant, Asks Pollution Watchdog
Amid the controversy over Delhi government's plan to contain vehicular pollution, the Pollution Control Committee has asked why the power plant at Delhi's Badarpur -- considered one of the key sources pollution -- should not be shut down.
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India's Thermal Power Plants Lag on Emissions and Efficiency, Says Study
A year after the World Health Organisation declared Delhi had the worst air quality in the world, a new study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has today sounded alarm bells over air pollution, particularly from coal based power plants. While the two-year comprehensive environmental audit places NTPC's Badarpur Power Plant in Delhi as...
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India, Pak sign three agreements to facilitate bilateral trade
India and Pakistan today signed three agreements to facilitate bilateral trade even as New Delhi offered to supply 100 railway locomotives and help set up thermal or hydroelectric power plants of up to 2,000 MW.
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Centre Tweaks Policy To Use Biomass Pellets In Coal-Fired Power Plants
The power ministry has set a revised policy to use biomass pellets in coal-burning thermal power plants, encouraging use of agricultural waste that is otherwise burnt by farmers, causing air pollution.
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Coal Power Plant Pollution Could Lead To More Premature Deaths In 6 Cities, Finds Study
A recent study shows that the number of premature deaths due to coal-fired thermal power plant pollution has increased by 60 per cent in cities including Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi/NCT and Bengaluru.
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Air Quality Panel Asks 11 Thermal Plants Near Delhi To Co-Fire Biomass Pellets
Centre's air quality commission has directed 11 thermal power plants within 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal, saying this can utilise millions of tonnes of biomass, address issue of stubble burning and reduce air pollution
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"Amusing" That Delhi Government Filed PIL Against Centre: Supreme Court
The Delhi government had filed a PIL against a Union Environment Ministry notification on power plants. The Supreme Court found it amusing that a state had used such an instrument against the Centre, allowing Delhi's counsel to withdraw the plea.
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Household Heating, Cooking Behind 40% Of Delhi's Pollution: Study
Household heating and cooking accounted for 40 per cent of Delhi's PM 2.5 pollution in December 2020 and January 2021, according to a new study.
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11 NCR Thermal Plants Caused 7% Delhi Air Pollution In October-January: Study
The 11 coal-fired power plants in the National Capital Region contributed just 7 per cent to Delhi's PM2.5 pollution on an average between October 2020 and January 2021, while vehicles contributed 14 per cent, according to a new study.
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PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone For Khurja And Buxar Thermal Power Plants
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid foundation stones for two thermal power plants, one in Uttar Pradesh and the other in Bihar, while slamming previous governments for "ignoring" the power sector.
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Delhi's Biggest Thermal Plant Shuts As Pollution Plan Kicks In: 10 Points
Delhi's biggest coal power plant has been ordered to be permanently closed from today and the roads will be swept with special machines as part of a set of emergency measures that have been put in place by the government to combat air pollution, authorities said. With the temperatures slowing dipping, Delhi air pollution levels have gone up with to...
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Coal Rushed To Delhi Power Plants By Railways To Avert Coal Shortage
With coal stock of some power stations in the national capital region falling to an alarming level, Coal India and Railways are rushing coal supplies to Dadri and Badarpur power plants of the NTPC.
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Delhi Air Pollution: 'Dust' Screen Hiding Bigger Killers
Dust may be the most visible marker of Delhi's air pollution, but its sheer abundance may actually be masking the bigger killers- emissions from vehicles, thermal power plants and industries.
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NTPC Calls For Utilisation Of Badarpur Plant Surplus Coal: Report
NTPC has requested the government to allow surplus coal at its Badarpur thermal power plant in Delhi to be utilised for a power unit in Madhya Pradesh.
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How Dhanush Filmed Thodari. It Was 'Life Threatening'
"After college, I was posted as supervisor in the Thermal power plant at Ghaziabad for four months. I travelled from Chennai to Delhi on the Grand Trunk Express and the events and people on the 2-day journey inspired me to make Thodari," said Prabhu Solomon
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Why Not Shut Down Delhi's Badarpur Power Plant, Asks Pollution Watchdog
Amid the controversy over Delhi government's plan to contain vehicular pollution, the Pollution Control Committee has asked why the power plant at Delhi's Badarpur -- considered one of the key sources pollution -- should not be shut down.
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India's Thermal Power Plants Lag on Emissions and Efficiency, Says Study
A year after the World Health Organisation declared Delhi had the worst air quality in the world, a new study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has today sounded alarm bells over air pollution, particularly from coal based power plants. While the two-year comprehensive environmental audit places NTPC's Badarpur Power Plant in Delhi as...
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India, Pak sign three agreements to facilitate bilateral trade
India and Pakistan today signed three agreements to facilitate bilateral trade even as New Delhi offered to supply 100 railway locomotives and help set up thermal or hydroelectric power plants of up to 2,000 MW.
