Power plants defy pollution control norms

The Tribune , Saturday, June 06, 2009
Correspondent : SP Sharma /Tribune News Service
Bathinda, June 5

The Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Power (GNTP) station, which is the biggest source of air pollution here, shied away from observing the World Environment Day, celebrated by various government and private institutions today.

The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), that owns the power plant, has so far defied the rules and regulations defined by the Central Pollution Control Board by not installing gadgets to control air pollution. This is causing several ailments among residents of the town.

The GNTP, a subsidiary of the state government, is the most polluting unit in the area that even the state Pollution Control Board has failed to check.

The power station was not only generating air pollution with fly ash blowing out of chimneys, but the ash was being dumped haphazardly in the outskirts of the town.

On the other hand, member (generation), PSEB, GS Sra planted a tree in observance of the day in the premises of the Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant (GHTP) at Lehra Mohabbat near here.

He said the GHTP that stands on sand dunes has been turned fertile with 1,33,000 trees in the complex.

The Transport Department of the state government and the police on the occasion failed to take even symbolic action against bus operators and truckers, who generate noise pollution by blowing pressure horns on the streets.

The Baba Farid Institute of Higher and Foreign Studies organised a chetna march across the city this morning. Various other institutions also observed the day here by planting saplings.

 
SOURCE : Saturday, June 06, 2009
 


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