The National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to inform it how much agricultural residue, in "pellet" form, it can use as raw material along with coal in power plants for power generation.
A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh governments to take instructions on the possibility of power plants collecting agriculture residue from the fields and converting it into fuel.
Pellet form is the terminology used for compressed form of agriculture residue. The green panel also directed the NTPC to submit complete details of its total coal requirement on per day basis. It also ordered the Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and HPh Governments to ensure presence of representatives from all the thermal power plants in their areas on the next date of hearing — November 21.