A recent order of the National Green Tribunal could impact the clearances being granted to coal-fired thermal power plants. The tribunal has asked the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to make a detailed assessment of the supposed radiation caused by the thermal power plants in the country. Last week, the tribunal asked MoEF to get prescribed national standards from Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) within a year on the permissible levels of nuclear radiation in residential, industrial and ecologically sensitive areas.
The court gave the direction on an appeal by residents of Koradi town near Nagpur in Maharashtra and a few local non-profits. They are opposing the clearance given to the Maharashtra State Power Generation Corporation (Mahagenco) for expanding the Koradi thermal power station near Nagpur in Maharashtra.
