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Ministry of Environment and Forests13-March, 2012 17:26 IST

Pollution by Okhla Waste-to – Energy Plant

  • The Minister of State (I/C) for Environment & Forests Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan stated in Rajya Sabha today that complaints were received against the incineration of municipal waste and its likely harmful effects on the air quality and health of people in the Sukhdev Vihar/Okhla area due to the emissions from Waste-to – Energy plant at Okhla.The Minister further stated that as per the information provided by Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), till 06.3.2012, a total of 27,469 Metric Tons of municipal solid waste has been utilized and 3,250 Metric Tons of waste is lying in the collection/storage pit in the plant.

  • Smt. Natarajan informed the House that DPCC is regularly monitoring the emissions from the stack attached to the plant. Levels of oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and Hydrochloric acid mist (HCl) are found to be within the standards, as prescribed in the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. However, on four occasions out of ten, levels of Particulate matter (PM) exceeded the standard of 150 mg/Nm3.However the Minister said that as per the Central pollution Control Board, the technology being used by the Waste-to-Energy plant at Okhla is as specified in the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000.

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