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Mission
NTPC's
mission in the area of CSR is to "Be a socially responsible
corporate entity with thrust on environment protection, ash
utilization, community development, and energy conservation".
Approach
NTPC's
approach towards CSR, further articulated in the corporate
objectives on sustainable power development, is as follows:
To
contribute to
-
sustainable power development by discharging corporate social
responsibilities.
- lead the sector in the areas of resettlement and rehabilitation
and environment protection including effective ash-utilization,
peripheral development and energy conservation practices.
CSR
- CD Policy
NTPC
has been a committed and socially responsible corporate citizen
since its inception and formulated specific guidelines for
the welfare of Project Affected persons (PAPs) and community
development in the neighborhood villages around its power
stations as early as 1980s. It is one of the first in the
corporate sector to formulate comprehensive resettlement and
rehabilitation policy for addressing the issue of PAPs.
The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility is deeply ingrained
in NTPC.s culture.
NTPC's
fresh impetus on Community Development is reflected through
formulation of CSR-CD Policy, July 04, establishing NTPC foundation
as a trust and initiating scheme for economic self reliance
of physically challenged persons (PCP).
CSR
- CD Policy : A member of Global Compact, a UN initiative
launched by its Secretary General Mr Kofi Annan. NTPC is committed
to adhere to its ten principles in the areas of Human Rights,
Labour, Environment and Anti-corruption.
The
organisation was the first Public Sector Undertaking(PSU),
and in that way the pioneer, in having such a policy in 1993.
International funding agencies, as also the Government of
India, recognise and acknowledge the experiences gained by
NTPC in this significant task. Resettlement
- Developed
alternate free house plot in resettlement colony with necessary
infrastructure facilities or provisions for self resettlement.
- Free transport arrangement for belongings and reusable material
or suitable transport grant.
- Infrastructure to be provided includes primary school, dispensary,
panchayat ghar, drinking water well/ hand pumps, WBM roads,
drainage, Sulabh Sauchalaya etc.
- Suitable Resettlement Grant etc. Rehabilitation
- 'Land
for land' on a 'willing buyer willing seller' basis
- Other rehabilitation options based on need and requirement
- Capacity Addition Programmes
- Suitable Rehabilitation Grants, Subsistance Allowance etc.
- Other innovative measures like incentivising purchase of
land by the landless etc.
- Additional Economic Opportunities as per need and requirement Read
More about Resettlement & Rehabilitation
Global
Compact
NTPC
expresses its continued support for the Global Compact &
its commitment to take action in this regard. The principles
of GC are regularly communicated to all employees through in-house
magazines, internal training programmes & posters. Read
More about GC.
Distributed
Generation
Objectives
- Implementation of distributed generation projects using locally
available renewable resources such as biomass, solar photovoltaic,
micro hydel, bio-diesel etc.
- Training & capacity building of local community to enable
them to independently manage, operate & maintain the plant.
- To ensure viability and long term sustainability of DG projects.
- Integrated growth & development of rural areas by enhancing
employment education, income generation & livelihood opportunities.
- To ensure implementation of various technologies as demo/pilot
project. Read
More about Distributed
Generation
CenPEEP
for climate protection
NTPC
established Centre for Power Efficiency & Environmental
Protection (CenPEEP) in collaboration with USAID with a mandate
to reduce GHG emissions per unit of electricity generated
by improving the overall performance of coal-fired power plants.
The Centre functions as a Resource Centre for acquisition,
demonstration and dissemination of state-of-the-art technologies
and practices for performance improvement of coal fired power
plants for the entire power sector of India.
Climate Technology Initiative Award
of CTI, Paris CenPEEP
has been conferred ‘World Climate Technology Award 2002’
under the Climate Technology Initiative of International Energy
Agency, Paris. The award recognizes the outstanding achievements
of individuals and organisations in helping to commercialize
and diffuse climate-friendly technologies. The award is decided
by peer evaluation by an international panel.
Climate
Protection Award of USEPA CenPEEP
has also received U.S.Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's)
Climate Protection Award for 2003. U.S. EPA honors the extraordinary
accomplishments of individuals, companies, and organizations
that have made significant contributions to protecting the
environment.
NTPC
Environment Policy: As
early as in November 1995, NTPC brought out a comprehensive
document entitled "NTPC Environment Policy and Environment
Management System". Amongst the guiding principles adopted
in the document are company's proactive approach to environment,
optimum utilisation of equipment, adoption of latest technologies
and continual environment improvement. The policy also envisages
efficient utilisation of resources, thereby minimising waste,
maximising ash utilisation and providing green belt all around
the plant for maintaining ecological balance.
Environment Management, Occupational Health and Safety
Systems:
NTPC
has actively gone for adoption of best international practices
on environment, occupational health and safety areas. The
organization has pursued the Environmental Management System
(EMS) ISO 14001 and the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment
System OHSAS 18001 at its different establishments. As a result
of pursuing these practices, all NTPC power stations have
been certified for ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001 by reputed
national and international Certifying Agencies.
Upgradation
& Retrofitting of Pollution Control Systems
In
order to keep pace with the changing norms and ensure compliance
with statutory requirements in the field of pollution control,
NTPC keeps an open mind for Renovation and Modernisation (R
& M) and Retrofitting and Upgradation of pollution monitoring
and control facilities in its existing stations. It is important
to mention that such modifications /retrofit programs not
only helped in betterment of environment but also in resource
conservation.
Ash
Utilisation
Ash
Dykes & Ash Disposal Systems: Ash in slurry form is
discharged into the lagoons where ash particles get settled
from the slurry and clear effluent water is discharged from
the ash pond. The discharged effluents conform to standards
specified by CPCB and the same is regularly monitored. At
its Dadri Power Station, NTPC has set up a unique system for
dry ash collection and disposal facility with Ash Mound formation.
Ash
Water Recycling System: In the AWRS, the effluent from
ash pond is circulated back to the station for further ash
sluicing to the ash pond. This helps in savings of fresh water
requirements for transportation of ash from the plant. The
ash water recycling system has already been installed and
is in operation at Ramagundam, Simhadri, Rihand, Talcher Kaniha,
Talcher Thermal, Kahalgaon, Korba and Vindhyachal.
Dry
Ash Extraction System (DAES): Dry ash has much higher
utilization potential in ash based products (such as bricks,
aerated autoclaved concrete blocks, concrete, Portland pozzolana
cement, etc.). DAES has been installed at Unchahar, Dadri,
Simhadri, Ramagundam, Singrauli, Kahalgaon, Farakka, Talcher
Thermal, Korba, Vindhyachal, Talcher Kaniha and BTPS.
Reclamation of Abandoned
Ash ponds: NTPC
has reclaimed temporary ash disposal areas at some of its
projects namely Ramagundam, Talcher Thermal, Rihand, Singrauli
and Unchahar through plantation and converted these sites
into lush green environments. Extensive plantations have also
been undertaken on dry ash mound at NTPC-Dadri.
Use of Waste Products &
Services -Ash Utilization
: In
order to motivate entrepreneurs to come forward with ash utilisation
schemes, NTPC offers several facilities and incentives. Besides,
NTPC uses only ash based bricks and Fly Ash portland pozzolana
cement (FAPPC) in most of its construction activities. Demonstration
projects are taken up in areas of Agriculture, Building materials,
Mine filling etc. The utilisation of ash and ash based products
is progressively increasing as a result of the concrete efforts
of these groups.
Municipal
Waste Management: Domestic
or municipal waste is generated in households at townships.
This waste is seggregated into bio-degradable and non-biodegradable
wastes at source itself in different coloured containers and
thereafter the two types are disposed separately.
Hazardous
Waste Management:
Handling and disposal of hazardous wastes are done as per
the Hazardous Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules 1989
(as amended in 2003) guidelines issued by Government of India
for the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes.
Bio-Medical
Waste Management: Hospital (or Bio-medical) wastes get
generated from hospitals. These wastes are segregated and
are placed in buckets of different colours as per the notification
for Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules. The
seggregated bio-medical wastes are either disposed through
the SPCB approved agency or they are treated in autoclaves
before disposal into bio-medical waste disposal pits.
Liquid
Waste Treatment Plants & Management System: The
objective of industrial liquid effluent treatment plant (ETP)
is to discharge lesser and cleaner effluent from the power
plants to meet environmental regulations. After primary treatment
at the source of their generation, the effluents are sent
to the ETP for further treatment.
Sewage
Treatment Plants & Facilities: These have been provided
at all NTPC stations to take care of Sewage Effluent from
Plant and township areas. In a number of NTPC projects modern
type STPs with Clarifloculators, Mechanical Agitators, sludge
drying beds, Gas Collection Chambers etc have been provided
to improve effluent quality.
Environmental
Institutional Set-up
The Environment Management
Group, Ash Utilisation Group and Centre for Power Efficiency
& Environment Protection (CENPEEP) function from the Corporate
Centre and initiate measures to mitigate the impact of power
project implementation on the environment and preserve ecology
in the vicinity of the projects. Environment Management and
Ash Utilisation Groups established at each station, look after
various environmental issues of the individual station.
Monitoring
of Environmental Parameters: All pollutants discharged
from the power plant such as stack emission, ash pond effluent,
main plant effluent, domestic effluent and Condenser Cooling
Water (CCW) effluent are monitored at the stipulated frequency
at the source itself and at the points of discharge. In addition
to the above, ambient air, surface water and ground water
quality in and around NTPC plants are regularly monitored
to assess any adverse impacts as a result of operation of
the power plant. On-Line Data Base Management: A computerized programme,
namely "Paryavaran Monitoring System" - PMS, which
could provide reliable storage, prompt and accurate flow of
information on environmental performance of Stations was developed
and installed in NTPC. This software facilitates direct transfer
of environment reports and other environment related information
from stations to the Regional Headquarters and Corporate Centre.
Environment Reviews: To maintain constant vigil on
environmental compliance, Environmental Reviews are carried
out at all operating stations and remedial measures have been
taken wherever necessary. As a feedback and follow-up of these
Environmental Reviews, a number of retrofit and up-gradation
measures have been undertaken at different stations.
Resources
Conservation
NTPC
is continually looking for innovative and cost effective solutions
to conserve natural resources and reduce wastes. Some of the
measures include:
- Reduction
in land requirements for main plant and ash disposal areas
in newer units.
- Capacity addition in old plants, within existing land.
- Reduction in water requirement for main plant and ash disposal
areas through recycle and reuse of water.
- Efficient use of Fuel (Coal, Natural gas and Fuel oil) and
- Reduction in fuel requirement through more efficient combustion
and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies such as super
critical boilers
Green
Belts, Afforestation & Energy Plantations
Appropriate afforestation
programmes for plant, township and green belt areas of the
project have been implemented at all NTPC projects. In order
to enhance green cover in the areas around our projects, as
a responsible corporate citizen, NTPC till date has planted
more than 18 million trees at its projects throughout the
country. The afforestation has not only contributed to the
aesthetics but also has been serving as a 'sink' for the pollutants
released from the station and thereby protecting the quality
of ecology and environment in and around the projects. Thrust
has also been given to bio-diesel plantation and around 4.8
lakh energy plants including Pongamia and Jatropha have already
been planted. A pilot project for extraction of seeds from
these bio-diesel plants has also been set up. Read
More about Afforestation
Ecological
Monitoring & Scientific Studies
Environment
Impact Asssement Studies: These are inevitably undertaken
to evaluate potential negative impacts as well as to formulate
Environmental Management Plans to overcome the identified
impacts. Based on the recommendations of Environmental Impact
Assessment Study and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and
the conditions stipulated in the clearances from Ministry
of Environment and Forests and State Pollution Control Boards.
Socio-economic Studies
: These are undertaken to establish the socio-economic
status of project affected persons and rehabilitation and
resettlement plans are drawn in consultation with the state
government. Rehabilitation and resettlement options include
land for land (subject to availability), limited jobs with
NTPC and contractors and self employment schemes.
Ecological Monitoring Programme
: NTPC has undertaken a comprehensive Ecological Monitoring
Programme through Satellite Imagery Studies covering an area
of about 25 Kms radius around some of its major plants. In
general, the studies, as such, have revealed that there is
no significant adverse impact on the ecology due to the project
activities in any of these stations.
Geo-hydrological Studies:
NTPC has conducted several geohydrological studies of
the ash disposal areas at its projects (Singrauli, Rihand,
Vindhyachal, Korba, Farakka and Talcher) through reputed institutions
like Indian Institutes of Technology, Roorkee; Indian Institutes
of Technology, Mumbai, Centre for Studies on Man and Environment,
Calcutta. All these studies conclude that the leaching of
heavy metals from ash occurs only under pH 4 or below. In
practice, the pH of the ash water is either neutral or alkaline
(7 or above) and hence the leaching of heavy metals is highly
unlikely.
Advanced / Eco-friendly
Technologies NTPC
has initiated a techno-economic study under USDOE / USAID
for setting up a commercial scale demonstration power plant
by using IGCC technology. These plants can use low grade coals
and have higher efficiency as compared to conventional plants.
Address
General
Manager for CenPEEP
Tel: (91-120) 2410316
Fax (91-120) 2410322
