Minister for Energy Gottipati Ravi Kumar connected Monday (September 22) told the Assembly that the State authorities is taking stringent measures to curb contamination from the Narla Tatarao Thermal Power Station (NTTPS) and safeguard the livelihoods of section residents.
Replying to a question from Mylavaram MLA Vasantha Krishna Prasad, the Minister said repairs are being carried retired astatine NTTPS arsenic per the Pollution Control Board’s (PCB) directions. Pond ash dumping for agelong clip and transport had caused contamination successful adjacent areas, helium admitted, adding that a tendering bureau has present been appointed to guarantee due ash disposal. A ember retention shed is besides being built to cheque particulate emissions.
The authorities has already spent ₹50 crore connected contamination prevention and is investing different ₹500 crore connected caller instrumentality arsenic portion of modernization and renovation, helium said. Rejecting claims that tendering would impact section livelihoods, Ravi Kumar assured that lone trucks owned by section residents would beryllium utilized for ash transport, with the authorities covering loading and transport costs.
The Minister emphasized that GENCO remains committed to the payment of section communities, whose sacrifices for powerfulness procreation would ne'er beryllium forgotten. He said the Energy section has extended aesculapian benefits adjacent to those of GENCO employees to residents of adjacent villages. Mobile aesculapian units are visiting each household, conducting wellness check-ups, maintaining records, and offering escaped attraction with specializer doctors. Regular aesculapian camps are besides being organized to code section wellness concerns.
“Protecting people’s wellness and livelihoods portion ensuring cleanable powerfulness procreation is the government’s responsibility, and we are afloat committed to it,” Mr. Ravi Kumar said.
