Sunday, February 21, 2010

Thermal Power transforming Vidarbha into Pollution hotspot

Coal based thermal power plants to pollute Vidarbha region

(For full article see http://vidarbhatimes.blogspot.com/2010/02/coal-based-thermal-power-plants-to.html)

In next 10 to 20 years, the Vidarbha will be the most polluted region of the country because the coal based 49 thermal power plants are coming up in the region and as per the study, coal based power plants are considered biggest sources of air pollution and emit huge quantity of Fly Ash, toxic metals like Mercury, radio activity, Sulphur di oxide and Carbon di Oxide, a green house gas a major contributor to Global warming , which means that coal based power plants can pollute entire region and contribute to global warming..........Read full article at Vidarbha Times blog

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