This curriculum, a part of a series of educational materials developed by CAG, covers best practices a thermal power plant should follow for protecting the local environment. The curriculum seeks to demystify regulatory standards and apply simple techniques to the thermal power plant production cycle, to prevent and mitigate environmental damage.
Two years after commissioning a captive power plant with a multilayer-coated board project in Manapparai Taluk in Trichy, the TamilNadu Newsprint and Papers Limited has proposed an expansion. Here are the comments from CAG on the proposed expansion, submitted to the TNPCB as part of the Public Consultation process. In this, we highlight issues in the proposed wastewater discharge mechanism, its impact on groundwater and soil, and the provision of drinking water to nearby villages, which has been a contentious issue since the start of the plant.
Water Consumption pattern for the year 2016 - 17 is compared with the data from CTO (for the period 2016 -2021) and the actual quantity of water to be permitted under MoEF & CC, 2015 Notification.
At the outset, we categorically state that we do not accept or agree to the Draft Environmental Supplemental Plan (ESP) Notification'2016 in its current form as we feel it does not provide for the necessary measures required to protect the environment. Our comments, therefore, may be read only as a response from the public to its contents and not as its acceptance.
Fly ash utilization for the years 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 and comparison of datum between Fly Ash Utilization report and the Environment Statement
Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station (SDSTPS) is located in Nelatur Village, which is 23 Kms from Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. It is a joint venture company of APGENCO and IL&FS, with a capacity of 1600 MW (2x800MW). The analysis is made using the Environmental Statement (ES) and Fly Ash Utilization Report
Fly ash genaration and utilization comparison for the years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 for the the first two units (Unit 1 - 500 MW, Unit 2 - 500 MW) along with coal consumption pattern.
Fly ash generated from this plant has not been utilised 100% for three years (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17) consecutively.
Fly ash utilization for the years 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 and comparison of data between Fly Ash Utilization report and the Environment Statement