Lok Sabha Question No. 2710 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Emission from Coal based Power Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Kunhalikutty P.K., Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2710

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2020

## Emission from Coal based Power Plants

## 2710.  SHRI P.K. KUNHALIKUTTY:

SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has recently issued notices to many coal based power plants for non-compliance with international emission norms;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether several coal based power plants owned by private and Government agencies situated  at  Thoothukudi  in  Tamil  Nadu  are  releasing  heavy  sulphur  dioxide,  lead, mercury, nickel, cadmium, arsenic and other heavy metal contents; and
- (d) if so, the details of such thermal power plants at Thoothukudi along with the details of effluents being released by each plant?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO )

(a) & (b) The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued show cause directions to  31  units  of  14  thermal  power  plants  on  31.01.2020  for  non-compliance  of  CPCB's directions dated 11.12.2017 issued for ensuring compliance of emission standards prescribed by Government of India . The list ofthermal power plants is at Annexure.

(c) & (d) Metals like mercury, cadmium, arsenic, lead and chromium are emitted intrace quantities from coal/lignite based thermal power plants. However, the major emissions from these plants are of Particulate Matter (PM), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) and Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), for which emission standards have been notified. Emission standards have also been notifiedfor mercury.

In Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu,there are 4 thermal power plants comprising of 11 units. Details of effluent disposal at these plants are as below:

|   Sl. No. | Thermal Power Plants                    | Capacity,MW   | Sector        | Effluent disposal   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|         1 | Tuticorin Thermal Power Plant, Tangedco | 1050 (5*210)  | Govt. (State) | Sea Water Based     |

|   2. | NLC Tamil Nadu Power Ltd. (JV of Tangedco and NCL India Ltd.)   | 1000 (2*500)   | Govt. (Centre)   | Sea Water Based                                                        |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    3 | Coastal EnergenPvt. Ltd., Mutiara                               | 1200 (2*600)   | Private          | Sea Water Based                                                        |
|    4 | IndBarath Thermal Power Ltd.                                    | 300 (2*150)    | Private          | ZLD unit. Air- cooled condensers. (Not in operation since April 2016). |

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ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2710 due for answer on 06.03.2020 regarding 'Emission from Coal based Power Plants'

## List of Thermal Power Plants which were issued show cause directions by CPCB on 31.01.2020

|   Sl. No. | Thermal Power Plant                                                             | Unit No. (Capacity in MW)       | FGD Timeline as per CPCB directions dated 11.12.2017   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | VizagHinduja TPP, HNPCL, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh                          | 2 (520)                         | 30.09.2019                                             |
|         2 | Sri DamodaramSanjeevaiah TPP, APPDCL, SPSR Nellore, Andhra Pradesh              | 2 (800)                         | 31.12.2019                                             |
|         3 | Aravalli Power Corporation Limited (Indira Gandhi STPP), NTPC, Jhajjar, Haryana | 1 (500) 2 (500) 3 (500)         | 31.12.2019                                             |
|         4 | Panipat Thermal Power Station, HPGCL, Panipat, Haryana                          | 6 (210) 7 (250) 8 (250)         | 31.12.2019                                             |
|         5 | DeenBandhuChhotu Ram TPS, HPGCL, Yamunanagar, Haryana                           | 1 (300) 2 (300)                 | 31.12.2019                                             |
|         6 | Rajiv Gandhi TPP, HPGCL, Hisar, Haryana                                         | 1 (600) 2 (600)                 | 31.12.2019                                             |
|         7 | Rajpura Thermal Power Plant, Nabha Power Ltd, Patiala, Punjab                   | 1 (700) 2 (700)                 | 31.12.2019                                             |
|         8 | Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd, Mansa, Punjab                                          | 1 (660) 2 (660) 3 (660)         | 31.12.2019                                             |
|         9 | Guru Hargobind Singh TPS, PSPCL, LehraMohabbat, Bhatinda, Punjab                | 1 (210) 2 (210) 3 (250) 4 (250) | 31.12.2019                                             |
|        10 | Singareni Thermal Power Project, SCCL, Adilabad, Telangana                      | 1 (600) 2 (600)                 | 31.12.2019 30.09.2019                                  |
|        11 | Kothagudem (New) Thermal Power Station, TSGENCO, Khammam, Telangana             | 11 (500)                        | 30.09.2019                                             |
|        12 | North Chennai Thermal Power Station-II, TANGEDCO, Chennai, Tamilnadu            | 1 (600)                         | 31.12.2019                                             |
|        13 | National Capital Thermal Power Station, NTPC Dadri, Gautambudhnagar, U.P        | 3 (210) 4 (210) 5 (490) 6 (490) | 31.12.2019                                             |
|        14 | Harduaganj Thermal Power Station, UPRVUNL, Aligarh, U.P.                        | 8 (250) 9 (250)                 | 31.12.2019                                             |