Lok Sabha Question No. 3401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Pollution from Coal-basedPower Plants
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant

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

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3401

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## Pollution from Coal-based Power Plants

## 3401. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- (a) whether a number of coal-based power plants have been penalised and shutdown for not complying with the timeline for reducing pollution under his Ministry notification dated 7th December, 2015;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the power plants identified to be shutdown and the action taken against such plants, plant-wise;
- (c) if not, the reasons for not taking penal actions against such power plants;
- (d) the total number of power plants shutdown due to environmental issues in the country during the last three years;
- (e) the details of mechanisms set up to identify non-compliance by the power plants and penalise them for not adhering to the environmental norms; and
- (f) the details of such coal-based power plants which have been granted environmental clearance during the last three years, plant-wise indicating their locations and name of developers?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) 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  ofemission  standards  prescribed  by Government of India. The list ofthermal power plants is at Annexure - I.

According to Ministry of Power, there are 650 units (196667 MW) installed in the country, out of 650 units, 75 units (8304 MW) have been retired so far due to various reasons including  environmental  issues  such  as  Badarpur  TPS  (Units  -  1  to  5)  of  NTPC  Ltd.  and Rajghat TPS (Unit - 1 & 2) of IPGCL. List of these 75 units is enclosed at Annexure-II.

- (e) CPCB has started inspection of 17 categories of highly polluting industries including Coal  -based  Power  Plants  since  2016  onwards  based  on  the  alerts  generated  by  Online Continuous Emission/ Effluent Monitoring Systems (OCEMS). Based on inspection findings, penal actions, such as, show-cause notice, closure directions, etc.  deemed fit are issued under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to non-complying units.
- (f) The  details  of  coal-based  power  plants  which  have  been  granted  environmental clearance during last three years are given at Annexure III.

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## Annexure - I referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3401 due for answer on 13.03.2020 regarding 'Pollution 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                                             |

## Annexure - II referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3401 due for answer on 13.03.2020 regarding 'Pollution from Coal-based Power Plants '

## List of Thermal Power Plants which have been retired so far

|   S. NO. | Developer                      | Name of Project   | Sector   | State        |   Unit No. |   Capacity (MW) |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------|----------|--------------|------------|-----------------|
|        1 | NEYVELI LIGNITE                | NEYVELI TPS- I    | Central  | Tamil Nadu   |          7 |             100 |
|        2 | HGP Corpn.                     | PANIPAT TPS       | State    | Haryana      |          5 |             210 |
|        3 | TSGENCO                        | KOTHAGUDEM TPS A  | State    | Telangana    |          3 |              60 |
|        4 | TSGENCO                        | KOTHAGUDEM TPS B  | State    | Telangana    |          6 |             120 |
|        5 | TSGENCO                        | KOTHAGUDEM TPS C  | State    | Telangana    |          8 |             120 |
|        6 | WBPDC                          | BANDEL TPS        | State    | W.B          |          3 |              60 |
|        7 | WBPDC                          | BANDEL TPS        | State    | W.B          |          4 |              60 |
|        8 | MAHAGENCO                      | PARLI TPS         | State    | Maharashtra  |          4 |             210 |
|        9 | MAHAGENCO                      | PARLI TPS         | State    | Maharashtra  |          5 |             210 |
|       10 | GSECL                          | KUTCH LIG. TPS    | State    | Gujarat      |          1 |              70 |
|       11 | GSECL                          | KUTCH LIG. TPS    | State    | Gujarat      |          2 |              70 |
|       12 | CSPGCL                         | KORBA-II          | State    | Chhattisgarh |          1 |              50 |
|       13 | CSPGCL                         | KORBA-II          | State    | Chhattisgarh |          2 |              50 |
|       14 | CSPGCL                         | KORBA-II          | State    | Chhattisgarh |          3 |              50 |
|       15 | CSPGCL                         | KORBA-II          | State    | Chhattisgarh |          4 |              50 |
|       16 | IPGCL                          | RAJGHAT TPS       | State    | Delhi        |          1 |              68 |
|       17 | IPGCL                          | RAJGHAT TPS       | State    | Delhi        |          2 |              68 |
|       18 | NTPC                           | BADARPUR TPS      | Central  | Delhi        |          1 |              95 |
|       19 | NTPC                           | BADARPUR TPS      | Central  | Delhi        |          2 |              95 |
|       20 | NTPC                           | BADARPUR TPS      | Central  | Delhi        |          3 |              95 |
|       21 | NTPC                           | BADARPUR TPS      | Central  | Delhi        |          4 |             210 |
|       22 | NTPC                           | BADARPUR TPS      | Central  | Delhi        |          5 |             210 |
|       23 | GSECL                          | GANDHI NAGAR TPS  | State    | Gujarat      |          1 |             120 |
|       24 | GSECL                          | GANDHI NAGAR TPS  | State    | Gujarat      |          2 |             120 |
|       25 | GSECL                          | SIKKA REP. TPS    | State    | Gujarat      |          1 |             120 |
|       26 | GSECL                          | SIKKA REP. TPS    | State    | Gujarat      |          2 |             120 |
|       27 | GSECL                          | UKAI TPS          | State    | Gujarat      |          1 |             120 |
|       28 | GSECL                          | UKAI TPS          | State    | Gujarat      |          2 |             120 |
|       29 | Torrent Power Generation Ltd,. | SABARMATI         | Private  | Gujarat      |         15 |              30 |
|       30 | Torrent Power Generation Ltd,. | SABARMATI         | Private  | Gujarat      |         16 |              30 |
|       31 | D.V.C                          | BOKARO `B` TPS    | Central  | Jharkhand    |          1 |             210 |
|       32 | D.V.C                          | BOKARO `B` TPS    | Central  | Jharkhand    |          2 |             210 |
|       33 | D.V.C                          | CHANDRAPURA(DVC)  | Central  | Jharkhand    |          1 |             130 |
|       34 | D.V.C                          | CHANDRAPURA(DVC)  | Central  | Jharkhand    |          2 |             130 |

| 35   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 1   |   40 |
|------|------------------|------------------|---------|-------------|-----|------|
| 36   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 2   |   40 |
| 37   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 3   |   40 |
| 38   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 4   |   40 |
| 39   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 5   |   90 |
| 40   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 6   |   90 |
| 41   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 7   |  105 |
| 42   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 8   |  105 |
| 43   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 9   |  110 |
| 44   | NTPC &Jh.S.E.B   | PATRATU TPS      | State   | Jharkhand   | 10  |  110 |
| 45   | MAHAGENCO        | BHUSAWAL TPS     | State   | Maharashtra | 2   |  210 |
| 46   | MAHAGENCO        | CHANDRAPUR STPS  | State   | Maharashtra | 1   |  210 |
| 47   | MAHAGENCO        | CHANDRAPUR STPS  | State   | Maharashtra | 2   |  210 |
| 48   | MAHAGENCO        | KORADI TPS       | State   | Maharashtra | 5   |  200 |
| 49   | MAHAGENCO        | PARLI TPS        | State   | Maharashtra | 3   |  210 |
| 50   | PSEB             | GNDTPS(BHATINDA) | State   | Punjab      | 1   |  110 |
| 51   | PSEB             | GNDTPS(BHATINDA) | State   | Punjab      | 2   |  110 |
| 52   | PSEB             | ROPAR TPS        | State   | Punjab      | 1   |  210 |
| 53   | PSEB             | ROPAR TPS        | State   | Punjab      | 2   |  210 |
| 54   | PSEB             | GNDTPS(BHATINDA) | State   | Punjab      | 3   |  110 |
| 55   | PSEB             | GNDTPS(BHATINDA) | State   | Punjab      | 4   |  110 |
| 56   | TANGEDCO         | ENNORE TPS       | State   | Tamil Nadu  | 1   |   60 |
| 57   | TANGEDCO         | ENNORE TPS       | State   | Tamil Nadu  | 2   |   60 |
| 58   | TANGEDCO         | ENNORE TPS       | State   | Tamil Nadu  | 3   |  110 |
| 59   | TANGEDCO         | ENNORE TPS       | State   | Tamil Nadu  | 4   |  110 |
| 60   | TANGEDCO         | ENNORE TPS       | State   | Tamil Nadu  | 5   |  110 |
| 61   | UPRVUNL          | HARDUAGANJ TPS   | State   | U.P         | 5   |   60 |
| 62   | UPRVUNL          | OBRA TPS         | State   | U.P         | 1   |   40 |
| 63   | UPRVUNL          | OBRA TPS         | State   | U.P         | 2   |   50 |
| 64   | UPRVUNL          | OBRA TPS         | State   | U.P         | 8   |   94 |
| 65   | UPRVUNL          | PANKI TPS        | State   | U.P         | 3   |  105 |
| 66   | UPRVUNL          | PANKI TPS        | State   | U.P         | 4   |  105 |
| 67   | D.P.L.           | D.P.L. TPS       | State   | W.B         | 3   |   70 |
| 68   | D.P.L.           | D.P.L. TPS       | State   | W.B         | 4   |   75 |
| 69   | D.P.L.           | D.P.L. TPS       | State   | W.B         | 5   |   75 |
| 70   | D.P.L.           | D.P.L. TPS       | State   | W.B         | 6   |  110 |
| 71   | D.V.C            | DURGAPUR TPS     | Central | W.B         | 3   |  130 |
| 72   | WBPDC            | SANTALDIH TPS    | State   | W.B         | 1   |  120 |
| 73   | WBPDC            | SANTALDIH TPS    | State   | W.B         | 2   |  120 |
| 74   | WBPDC            | SANTALDIH TPS    | State   | W.B         | 3   |  120 |
| 75   | WBPDC            | SANTALDIH TPS    | State   | W.B         | 4   |  120 |
|      |                  |                  |         |             |     | 8304 |

Annexure - III referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3401 due for answer on 13.03.2020 regarding 'Pollution from Coal-based Power Plants '

## Details of coal-based power plants which have been granted environmental clearance during 2017

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Project/ Locations/ Developers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Date of Issue of EC   | Project Cost         |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|         1 | 2x660 MW Coal Based Super Critical Buxar Thermal Power Project (BTPP) at near Village Chausa, District Buxar, Bihar by M/s SJVN Thermal Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                                                            | 28.2.2017             | Rs. 10, 520 Crores   |
|         2 | 4x270 MW (1080 MW) Coal based BhadradriThermal Power Station (BTPS) at Villages Ramanujavaram, Eddulabayyaram&Seetharampura m, MandalsManuguru&Pinapaka, District BhadradriKhothagudem (Erstwhile Khammam dist.), Telangana by M/s Telangana State Power Generation Co. Ltd. | 15.3.2017             | Rs. 7290.60 Crores   |
|         3 | 5x800 Super Critical Coal Based Thermal Power Project at Veerlapalem Village, Damaracherla Mandal, District Nalgonda, Telangana by M/s Telangana State Power Generation Co. Ltd.                                                                                             | 29.6.2017             | Rs. 25,099.42 Crores |
|         4 | 2x660 Coal based Khurja Super Thermal Power Project at Villages DushharaKherli, Jahanpur, Naiphal and Rukanpur in Khurja Taluk, BulandshaharDistt. Uttar Pradesh by M/s THDC India Ltd..                                                                                     | 30.3.2017             | Rs. 9747.5 Crores    |

|   5. | 1x660 MW Coal Based Supercritical Panki Extension Power Project at Panki, Distt. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh M/s Uttar Pradesh Rajya VidyutUtpadan Nigam Ltd.                                   | 29.6.2017   | Rs.4712.31 Crores   |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------------|
|    6 | Expansion by addition of 2x800 MW (Phase-II) coal based TPP at Padubidri Industrial Area in Villages Yellure and Santhru, Tehsil & District Udupi, Karnataka by M/s. Udupi Power Co. Ltd. | 01.08.2107  | Rs. 11,500 Crores   |
|    7 | 1,600 (2x800) MW Godda Thermal Power Project at Villages Motia, Gangta&Gaighat, Tehsils Godda&Poraiyahaat, District Godda, Jharkhand by M/s Adani Power (Jharkhand) Ltd.                  | 31.8.2017   | Rs. 13,906 Crores   |
|    8 | Patratu Super Thermal Power Project, Phase-I (3x800 MW) at Patratu, District Ramgarh, Jharkhand by M/s. PatratuVidyutUtpadan Nigam Ltd.                                                   | 07.11.2017  | Rs. 14896.28 Crores |

## Details of coal-based power plants which have been granted environmental clearance  during 2018

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Project                                                                                                                                                                                  | Date of Issue   | Project Cost       |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|         9 | Proposed 200 MW (1x135 MW and 1x65 MW) Coal based Thermal Power Project at Pedaveedu Village, Mattampalli Mandal, Nalgonda District, Telangana State by the M/s M.G Power Projects Limited.          | 24.04.2018      | Rs. 1150 Crores    |
|        10 | Proposed 25 MW Municipal Solid Waste based Thermal Power Plant (Waste to Energy) at Tehkhand, Okhla, South East Delhi, New Delhi by M/s Tehkhand Waste to Electricity Project Ltd.                   | 26.7.2018       | Rs. 375 Crores     |
|        11 | 2x660 MW (Stage-III, Expansion) Coal based Ultra Super Critical Talcher Thermal Power Project, Near Talcher Town, Tehsil TalcherSadar, Angul District, Odisha by M/s NTPC Ltd                        | 12.9.2018       | Rs. 7732.35 Crores |
|        12 | Proposed expansion of 2x660 MW Super Critical Lignite based Thermal Power Project at VillgesMudanai, Kunakurichi, Uthangal, Tehsil Vridhachalam, District Cuddalore, Tamilnadu by M/s NLC India Ltd. | 29.10.2018      | Rs. 8733.49 Crores |

## Details of coal-based power plants which have been granted environmental clearance  during 2019

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Project                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Date of Issue   | Project Cost         |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|        13 | Proposed 21 MW Municipal Solid Waste based Power Plant at Villages KoluaKhurd, AdampurChhavani, Phanda Block, Huzur Tehsil, Bhopal Districtby M/s Bhopal Municipal Solid Waste Pvt. Ltd.                            | 11.01.2019      | Rs.293 Crores        |
|        14 | Modernization & Expansion in Power Plant from 125.3 MW to 141 MW (15.7 MW) at Tehsil - Ladpura, District - Kota, Rajasthan by M/s DCMLTD.                                                                           | 03.01.2019      | Rs.224 Crores        |
|        15 | 1x660 MW Ennore Supercritical Thermal Power Project (Expansion), Village Ernavur, District Ennore, Tamil Nadu by M/s Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TANGEDCO) .                            | 12.12.2019      | Rs. 5,421.38 Crores  |
|        16 | 3x800 MW Coal based Super-Critical Thermal Power Project (Greenfield) at Village AnnupurnaKhamar, Taluk Kamakhyanagar, Dhenkanal District, Odisha by M/s. Odisha Thermal Power Co. Ltd.                             | 10.12.2019      | Rs.16,265.425 crores |
|        17 | 1x800 MW Supercritical Coal based Singareni Thermal Power Plant (Expansion from 2x600 MW to 2000 MW) at Pegadapalli Village, Jaipur Mandal, Mancherial District, Telangana by M/s Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. | 18.12.2019      | Rs. 7573.51 Crores   |