PTI reported that Indian government’s Central Pollution Control Board has asked TATA Steel to submit the schedule for closing one of its coke oven batteries, which is exceeding the emission norms.
Mr A Sai Prathap minister of state for steel said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha informed that the Central Pollution Control Board has asked TATA Steel to submit the closure schedule of the battery at the earliest,
He added that “One coke oven battery No 3 of TATA Steel is exceeding the stack emission norms of particulate matter. It is an old battery and the matter was discussed by the Task Force for Iron & Steel Sector set up by CPCB during its meeting on July 8th 2009.”
However, he maintained that there is no major violation of the environment norms by domestic steel makers and majority of them have installed pollution controlling devices.
(Sourced from http://www.steelguru.com/news/index/2009/07/31/MTA0ODA5/Pollution_board_directs_TATA_Steel_to_submit_coke_battery_closure_plan.html)
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Pollution board directs TATA Steel to submit coke battery closure plan
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