Worker dies in accident in coal handling plant in Dr. NTTR Thermal Power Station

Worker dies in accident in coal handling plant in Dr. NTTR Thermal Power Station

A casual labourer, Mallavarapu Sowri Babu (32), died after he came under the wheels of a coal rake in the Coal Handling Plant (CHP) in Dr. Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station (Dr.NTTPS), at Kondapalli, on Vijayawada outskirts on the morning of November 4. West Zone Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), K. Hanumantha Rao, said … Read more

Delhi govt asks Centre to shut NCR’s thermal power plants to reduce pollution

Delhi govt asks Centre to shut NCR’s thermal power plants to reduce pollution

In his letter to Union Power Minister RK Singh, Satyendar Jain sought closure of all 11 thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR which he said will not lead to any reduction in power supplies. File photo of Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain (Photo Credits: PTI) Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain wrote a letter to Union Power … Read more

Punjab: Power outages to spike as farmers’ rail blockade cuts off thermal plants’ coal supply

Punjab: Power outages to spike as farmers’ rail blockade cuts off thermal plants’ coal supply

Punjab government has requested farmers who are staging an indefinite rail blockade in opposition to the Centre’s new agriculture laws, to spare goods trains since the state’s thermal power plants are now left with only two days of coal supply. Farmers blocking railway tracks at Devi Dass Pura village in Amritsar on October 7 (Photo … Read more

No thermal screening, social distancing norms followed at this UPSC Prelims exam center

No thermal screening, social distancing norms followed at this UPSC Prelims exam center

Candidates were wearing masks and were carrying their sanitisers. However, most of the candidates did not follow the social distancing norms at the UPSC civil service prelims exam center. Candidates were not following the social distancing norms at this UPSC exam center. (Image Courtesy – PTI) The Union Public Service Commission, UPSC, conducted the Paper … Read more