An environment panel has denied approval for the expansion of Tata Power’s project in Dhanbad in Jharkhand citing a moratorium imposed on construction activities in the critically polluted areas till August in the country.
Tata Power wanted to expand the project by adding two units of 660 MW coal-based thermal power plant from existing two units of 525 MW at Maithon in Dhanbad district which has been identified as the most polluted city in Jharkhand .
EAC dropped the project after they realised that the area is located in critically polluted areas identified by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and for which the Environment Ministry has issued a circular on moratorium of projects until August.
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