Telangana among top three states producing unclean coal-based power: Study

HYDERABAD: Telangana is among the top three states in the country producing and procuring unclean coal-based power that is severely affecting the environment, analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Delhi, has found.
The CSE’s new state-wise assessment found West Bengal at the top in buying the ‘dirtiest’ coal power in the country followed by Telangana and Gujarat. In West Bengal, 84 per cent of power stations supplying power to the state are unclean. The percentage stands at 74 per cent in Telangana and 71 per cent in Gujarat.
Most stations supplying electricity, especially state-run ones, have not taken adequate measures to comply with the sulphur-dioxide (SO2) emission norms notified by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change issued in December 2015. These norms had to be complied with in 2017.