Study stresses need for reducing SO2 emissions at polluting thermal plants
A pollutant gas, SO2 has major implications for health due to the adverse impact it has on the respiratory system.
Bengaluru: Several studies strongly recommend the installation of Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems at thermal plants to reduce sulphur-di-oxide (SO2) emissions. But Central ministers continue to debate the need for FGD systems, although 64 per…