New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) held a review meeting on Friday with the eleven City Gas Distributers (CGDs) of NCR and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) to take stock of the status of commissioning of gas infrastructure/ PNG/ CNG connectivity in the districts of the National Capital Region (NCR).
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): An inter-ministerial meeting to review the progress of biomass co-firing in thermal power plants was held in New Delhi today. The meeting was co-chaired by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and Union Minister for Power, New and Renewable Energy RK Singh.
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, conducted a detailed review on Friday of measures and actions planned for abatement of air pollution by all stakeholders concerned in the National Capital Region and adjoining areas, in the wake of poor air quality conditions generally prevailing during the period between October - January each year.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Refuting media reports on Maharashtra not being able to meet its coal requirement, the Ministry of Coal said on Sunday that the state is meeting its coal requirement, with allocation to power plants raised from 2.14 lakh ton per day in March to 2.76 lakh ton per day in April, till April 11, 2022.
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Coal stock at the power plants had depleted to a low of 7.2 million tonnes in October 2021 due to interruption in supply and increased demands, but the supply has now normalised and there is no shortage, Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): In view of stubble burning in months of October and November causing degradation of Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi and adjoining areas, the Air Quality Commission constituted by the Centre directed 11 thermal power plants within a 300-km radius of Delhi to co-fire biomass pellets with coal 'without any delay'.