India’s largest power generating company, state-owned NTPC Ltd, said thermal power plants are “not responsible for air pollution in Delhi-NCR”. The statement by the firm comes at a time when Delhi government has asked for shutting thermal power units around the NCR region, in the wake of worsening air quality in the region during winter.
“Coal-fired power plants have often been accused of increased pollution, which may not always be correct. The coal-fired units of Dadri are closed since October, but the ambient air quality and Air quality index (AQI) of NCR has been deteriorating day by day. The same units were operational during the lockdown earlier this year with practically no emissions,” NTPC said in a public statement on Sunday.
