CAQM penalty

India’s air quality regulator has imposed penalties totalling about Rs 61.85 crore ($7.4 million) on six coal-fired thermal power plants for not complying with biomass co-firing requirements under national environmental rules. The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) took action after a compliance review found that the six plants, all located within 300 km of Delhi, had not met the mandated 5% biomass co-firing target under the…