
Delhi Govt Asks Centre to Close Down All 11 Thermal Power Plants in NCR amid Rise in Pollution Levels
News 18With the air quality index hovering in the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ categories in Delhi over the last few days, the Delhi government on Wednesday wrote to the Centre urging it to shut down all 11 thermal power plants in the National Capital Region. “Pollution from thermal power plants in the vicinity of Delhi is one of the reasons for Delhi’s toxic air. The 11 power plants in NCR — National Capital Thermal Power Station in Uttar Pradesh, Guru Hargobind Singh Thermal Power Station, Guru Govind Singh Super Thermal Power Station, Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd, Rajpura Thermal Power Plant in Punjab, Aravalli Power Com. It is further learnt the Centre is considering deferring the deadline by two more years for thermal power plants to comply with norms to reduce air pollution’.
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