Badarpur shut down order a boon in disguise: NTPC

In the midst of the Delhi government's plan to combat vehicular pollution, the Pollution Control Committee has issued a show-cause asking why NTPC's thermal power plant at Delhi's Badarpur should not be shut down.

The committee has given the company until December 15 to explain its high emission levels.

The committee's notice comes after the Delhi government announced that the Badarpur and Rajghat thermal power stations will be shut down to reduce pollution.

In an interview to CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan, Arup Roy Choudhury, former chairman and managing director, says the move to shut the plant down might actually be a boon in disguise for the company as the company had proposed doing the same to the CERC.