Coal burning aggravating air pollution: Greenpeace
Burning of coal is major source of air pollution, and thermal power plants including, those in NCR, are the main culprits for increase in deadly pollutants all over the country during past five years, a new report on Monday claimed. Greenpeace India in its report 'Out of Sight - How coal burning advances India's Air Pollution Crisis' released on Monday, claimed thermal power generation is causing a "steady" deterioration in the overall air quality in North India. "The report reveals coal as the largest overlooked source of air pollution and identifies air pollution emission hotspots in India visibly linked to thermal power plants in the area. Satellite based analysis from 2009 to 2015 reveals the thermal power plant clusters in Singrauli, K.....