New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- The state pollution authority has temporarily suspended all coking coal handling operations at Goa's Mormugao Port Trust, due to "deteriorating air quality" at the port town of Vasco, located 35 km from Panaji.
Goa State Pollution Control Baord's order on Friday impacts JSW Steel, which operates a subsidiary South West Port Limited, which imports coking coal at the state's only major port, and transports it to its steel plants in north Karnataka, where the coal is used to fuel blast furnaces.
The suspension order cum show cause notice issued by the Chairman of the Goa State Pollution Control Board, Ganesh Shetgaonkar said that coal handling operations have been suspended due to windy conditions, which leads to soot b...