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Draft Notification for Coal based Thermal Power Plant

• 15/05/2015
• Ministry of Environment

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has drafted new emission and water consumption standards for thermal power plants. In a draft notification soliciting comments from the public on the matter, it laid out the tighter norms that are expected to cut down emissions of particulate matter and other harmful chemical compounds to a large degree.

• Attachments:
  • draft Notification forinviting the public comments for the Coal BTPP.pdf
• Tags:
  • Coal
  • Thermal Power Plants
  • India
  • Industry
  • Air Pollution
  • Water Demand
  • Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx)
  • Mercury

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