21 thermal plants found to be non-compliant with norms: Govt
Source: Business Standard, Date: , 2017
Source: Business Standard, New Delhi, July 25, 2017:- Twenty-one thermal power plants were found to be in need of
upgradation of their pollution control systems, the government today said,
asserting that appropriate action has been initiated against them.Environment
Minister Harsh Vardhan in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said that the
compliance with environmental norms in thermal power plants was monitored by
the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), state pollution control boards and
pollution control committees. "Based on the inspections carried by the
CPCB under the Environmental Surveillance Squad (ESS) and SMS alerts generated,
21 power plants were found non-compliant where pollution control systems need
to be upgraded.