Thursday, July 20, 2017

North Chennai Thermal Power station tweaked data to abide by pollution norms

Chennai:
North Chennai Thermal Power Station tweaked data to show that emission levels are within norms while actually the Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) standard exceeded the norms 46,917 times during 2014-16, according to a Comptroller and Auditor General of India report.  

CAG said that Audit found that the maximum SPM level recorded at every 15 minutes interval in units I, II and III ever exceeded 200 milligrams per cubic metre as the analyser was calibrated to record upto that level.

It was observed by the audit that since the levels were reported with reference to set parameters, the stated interference in recording data led to reporting of misleading results

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