Fire breaks out at NTPC's Kanhia power plant
Bhubaneswar (PTI): A fire broke out at NTPC's Kaniha plant in Odisha's Angul district on Saturday, fire service officials said.
The fire broke out at 8.10 am in the coal transporting conveyor belt of the plant in the Talcher area of the district, they said.
There was no report of any injury in the fire, they said.
The NTPC in a statement said that the fire call was quickly responded to by the CISF fire wing and plant disaster team.
The fire has been doused fully and there was no report of any injury, it said.
"No person has received any injury apart from minor first aid to one CISF personnel during fire fighting," the NTPC statement said, adding that "As a precautionary measure, Unit-3 of 500 MW was taken under shutdown for a brief time to contain the fire. However, the same will be brought to on bar shortly. All other units are normal."
The cause of the fire and damage is being assessed, an NTPC official said, adding that necessary repair work will be started soon.
The NTPC appreciated timely help from all quarters of the state and district like the police and fire department.
The fire services officials said that a portion of the conveyor belt was damaged in the fire. Two fire tenders were engaged to extinguish the blaze.
#WATCH | Fire broke out at NTPC Talcher Kaniha thermal power station in Odisha's Angul today morning
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The fire was doused fully and there were no injuries reported in the incident as per NTPC Limited. pic.twitter.com/2W6dvqN9FT
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SC dismisses plea seeking implementation of NEP in Tamil Nadu, other states
New Delhi, May 11 (PTI): The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the West Bengal governments to implement the National Education Policy, including its three-language formula.
A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan said the top court could not issue such directions to state governments.
"The Supreme Court, through Article 32 of the Constitution, can issue directives to ensure that the fundamental rights of citizens are protected. It cannot directly compel a state to adopt a policy like the National Education Policy, 2020," the bench said in an order passed on Friday.
"The court may, however, intervene if a state's action or inaction related to the National Education Policy violates any fundamental rights or any other legal rights. We do not propose to examine this issue in this writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution," it added.
The petitioner has nothing to do with the cause he proposes to espouse, the top court further said.
"Although he may be from the state of Tamil Nadu, yet, on his own admission, he is now residing in New Delhi. The main issue may be examined by this court in an appropriate proceeding but at least not in this particular petition," the bench said.
The apex court was hearing a plea filed by advocate GS Mani seeking directions to implement the National Education Policy, 2020.
