Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TSGenco), which is establishing the 5×800 megawatt Yadadri Thermal Power Station (YTPS) with plans to commission two units by December-end to meet the energy demand during the rabi/summer season, is keeping its fingers crossed in the matter of lifting suspension over Environmental Clearance by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).
Lifting of suspension over EC is necessary for installation of machinery and to go for trial run although construction work was not barred by the Southern Zone Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) while suspending the EC on September 30 last year, citing some violations in compliance of regulations as complained by two NGOs — Conservation Action Trust (Mumbai) and Samatha (Visakhapatnam).
A senior executive of TSGenco told The Hindu that they have complied with all the three issues raised by NGT in about six months against the nine months’ time given by the Tribunal and submitted the compliance report for appraisal by an expert committee of MoEF to lift suspension over EC. However, there has been no response from MoEF for three months now, he pointed out.
