Decommissioning of ttp

1. cost billions of dollars but it is not factored into the financial calculations while
setting up the TPP.
2. no legal framework on how this transition will take place
3. millions of people will lose their livelihood.
4. huge amount of land which needs closure or repurposing.
5. several toxic materials coming out of power plants will need to be taken care of.

Jindal Tamnar Thermal Power Plant

1. https://greentribunal.gov.in/gen_pdf_test.php?
filepath=L25ndF9kb2N1bWVudHMvbmd0L2Nhc2Vkb2MvanVkZ2VtZW50cy9DS
EVOTkFJLzIwMjEtMDktMzAvMTYzMzM0OTYzNzIyNDEzNTcyNTYxNWFmM
DA1MjViMjQucGRm application seeking for framing of proper
guidelines in respect of decommissioning of Thermal Power Plant units
2. https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/
30/2021/11/10130032/draft-guidelines-for-decommissioning-of-coal-
based-power-plants.pdf Environmental Guidelines for
Decommissioning a Coal/Lignite-Fired Power Plant (Draft)
Most polluted cities in the world and their AQI

https://www.aqi.in/in/real-time-most-polluted-city-ranking

Rank city AQI

RAN
100 MOST POLLUTED CITIES AQI
K

1 1106 Follow
Valle Alto, Mexico

2 Patna, India bihar 735 Follow

3 626 Follow
Begusarai, India bihar

4 626 Follow
Saharsa, India bihar

5 602 Follow
Gaya, India bihar

6 579 Follow
Muzaffarpur, India bihar

7 570 Follow
Chernogorsk, Russia

8 570 Follow
Rajgir, India bihar

9 543 Follow
Deo, India bihar

10 506 Follow
Dhaka, Bangladesh

11 484 Follow
Dzuunharaa, Mongolia
12 474 Follow
 RAN
100 MOST POLLUTED CITIES AQI
K

JalAl Abad, Kyrgyzstan

13 471 Follow
Wujiaqu, China

14 463 Follow
Ghaziabad, India uttar pradesh

15 453 Follow
Hapur, India uttar pradesh

16 429 Follow
Zhoukou, China

17 426 Follow
Purnea, India

18 423 Follow
Bhagalpur, India bihar

19 415 Follow
Faridabad, India haryana

20 415 Follow
Mauli, India punjab

21 414 Follow
Yanan Beilu, China

22 403 Follow
Shihezi, China

23 402 Follow
New Delhi, India

As per 8th jan 2023

Out of 23 cities of the world india alone has 13 cities whose AQI is above 400
i.e hazardous.

Bihar : 8

UP : 2

Haryana : 1

Punjab : 1
New delhi : 1

Bihar: As per the data available, the state recorded ‘severe’ AQI for 19 days between
December 1 and December 20 (except on December 6)

Pollution experts attributed geographical, meteorological, and anthropological

reasons for the rise in air pollution in the state.

The increasing number of vehicles on road, with no regular check on emissions, is one
of the major factors for poor AQI, said Dr Ravindra Kumar, a private pulmonologist on
Patna’s Boring-Patliputra Road.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/bihar-residents-breathing-
worst-air-patna-s-aqi-slips-to-severe-category-101671556626950.html

According to BSPCB chairman Ashok Ghosh: The air quality has dipped due to a
decline in temperature and low wind speed. During the winter transition, a thermal
inversion occurs in which suspended pollutant particles rise with the warmer air.
Apart from this, the geographical location of the state is also responsible for poor air
quality,” 

Pollution experts said that unfavourable weather conditions are responsible for
worsening AQI in the state.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/9-cities-in-bihar-
record-very-poor-aqi-101668096888292.html

Bihar - Cities Air Pollution Level

Status AQI-IN PM2.5 PM10 Temp

Begusarai HAZARDOUS 432 292 433 17
Bhagalpur HAZARDOUS 497 344 502 18
Gaya HAZARDOUS 447 298 253 13
Muzaffarpur HAZARDOUS 580 324 442 14
Patna HAZARDOUS 480 259 446 11
Purnea HAZARDOUS 577 268 554 16
Saharsa HAZARDOUS 541 284 534 18

As per : 09.11.2023

Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station : case law - NGT

Cities with major thermal power plants

More than 65% of India's electricity generation capacity comes from thermal
power plants, with 85% of the country's thermal power generation being
coal-based. The ten biggest thermal power stations operating in India are all
coal-fired, with five of them owned and operated by state-run National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).