In the wake of orders issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) suspending the environmental clearance given to 5×800 megawatt Yadadri Themal Power Station (YTPS), Telangana State Power Generational Corporation Ltd (TS-Genco) has decided to submit a status report to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF) on various aspects raised by the tribunal.
The Genco authorities are hopeful that the MOEF would issue directions giving more relief by perusing and forwarding a compliance report to be submitted by them to the tribunal about the distance of the Amrabad Tiger Reserve from the boundary of YTPS, design of the ash pond and the radio activity impact. “Even the aerial distance between the power project site and tiger reserve is about 75 km”, a Genco official said.
The situation arising out of the NGT order was reviewed at length by Chairman and Managing Director of TS-Genco D. Prabhakar Rao with Directors and the board meeting of the project proponent decided to submit a report to MoEF at the earliest so that there is not much impact at least on the construction work of the project except installation of any machinery as specified in the order.
