The Maharashtra government today admitted that it had to shut down eight small-scale power generation plants due to the pollution they were causing.
The aggregate power generation capacity of these units was nearly 800 MW.
Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who holds the energy portfolio, told the legislative assembly in the question hour today that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MP
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pollution
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/koradi-tps
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/parli-tps
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb
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