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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}'''Simhadri Power Station''' is a coal plant in [[Andhra Pradesh and coal|Andhra Pradesh]], India. ==Location=={{#display_map:17.591, 83.09166|width=500|height=350|type=satellite|zoom=14}} ==Background=='''Simhadri Power Station''' is a 2000 megawatt (MW) coal plant located in Andhra Pradesh, India. The plant comprises four units:<ref name=GEO>[http://globalenergyobservatory.org/form.php?pid=41823 Simhadri Coal Power Station India,] Global Energy Observatory, accessed February 2011</ref>
* Unit 1 - 500 MW - commissioned February 2002
* Unit 2 - 500 MW - commissioned August 2002
==2012: Public protests over fly ash pollution==
According to a February 2012 report in The Times of India, the Pollution Control Board (PCB) of Andhra Pradesh issued notices to [[NTPC]] for violating pollution limits and ordered the company to set aside Rs 3 crore as bank guarantee toward welfare measures for the affected people. According to PCB officials, the company was dumping fly ash on nearby areas and also letting it mix into sea water, thereby polluting local fisheries. Repeated protests by citizens brought the problem to public attention. PCB has set up a regional task for for the north coastal and both Godavari districts to monitor pollution.<Ref>[http://bit.ly/wH2aFJ "PCB notice to Simhadri power plant,"] The Times of Inida, February 29, 2012</ref>
==Project Details==
'''Sponsor:''' [[NTPC]]<br>
* [[International coal combustion waste news stories]]
* [[Coal waste]]
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13.09,80.27~Proposed coal plants in Tamil Nadu~Click '''[[:Category:Proposed coal plants in Tamil Nadu|here]]''' for more information.;
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