Thermal Power Plants

Endangered waters: impacts of coal-fired power plants on water supply

This new report released by Greenpeace has found that large clusters of coal fired power plants proposed in Vidarbha may bring down the future availability of water in the Wardha river by 40% and affect irrigation for about 1 lakh hectares of farmland in the future.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2012
Grace Boyle, Jai krishna R, Lauri Myllyvirta, Owen Pascoe
Greenpeace India
Tags:
Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Maharashtra, Water Conservation, Water Supply, Water Policy, India, Agriculture, Conflicts, Irrigation, Farmers, Wardha, Rivers, Amravati (D), Energy Efficiency, Climate