The company has been asked to file its reply within 15 days. The board would examine the reply and would ask Balco to shut down its 1200-Mw power plant if found “unsatisfactory”.
The action came following reports that Balco was pumping polluted water in the Belgiri nullah (canal) following near the plant after the ash dyke got damaged. The canal drains into Hasdeo river.
CECB Chairman Aman Kumar Singh directed the