Not a single power plant in Bengal implemented emission standards: Report

At a time when Kolkata has been branded as world’s second most-polluted city according to a recent report of HEI SoGA, a report from Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has highlighted the pathetic progress made by the coal-based thermal power plants in West Bengal in implementing the standard emission standards.

According to the CREA report, a copy of which is available with IANS, although in December 2015, the emission standards for coal-based power plants were notified for the first time to limit emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury, along with tightening particulate matter emissions standards and setting water consumption limits, the progress of such plants in West Bengal on this count has been pathetic.