Kaniha residents rue air pollution due to NTPC thermal power plant
Residents of Kaniha area have been complaining of increase in air pollution for the last few days due to release of fly ash from NTPC thermal power plant.Sources said fly ash emanating from the plant’s boilers are not being deposited in the ash pond leading to air pollution. Flow of fly ash, which is generated due to burning of coal in the plant, is checked through an electro-static precipitator and then released to the ash pond.A local Manasi Swain said fly ash emanating from the power plant is making life miserable for residents of the town. The matter has been brought to the notice of NTPC and OSPCB officials at Angul but nothing has been done in this regard, she said.“The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) is silent on the is.....