Coal-fired plants get emission deadline breather

NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry has extended the deadline up to three years for coal-fired power plants to follow new emission standards and allowed defaulters to continue their operations after paying penalty if they miss the new timeline.
As it will be the third deadline since notification of new emission norms for such plants, the move drew criticism from environmentalists who say it will have grave repercussions for fight against air pollution. Thermal power plants will have multiple deadlines with maximum three years being given to those in comparatively lesser polluting areas. TNN
Dec ’22 deadline for plants near NCR
Though plants located within 10 km radius of the NCR or the cities having over one million population will have to adhere to the December 31, 2022 deadline, others including retiring units will have graded deadlines up to December 31, 2025.