New Delhi, April 25 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted a conditional stay on the Rs.8.97 crore environmental compensation imposed on the Panipat Thermal Power Plant, giving it six weeks to submit detailed responses. The relief follows a similar stay on a Rs.33 crore penalty on the Talwandi Sabo Thermal Power Plant last week. The penalties were part of a wider crackdown by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), which on April 8 imposed nearly Rs.61 crore in fines on six thermal power plants for failing to co-fire crop residue (mix crop residue with coal) as mandated by 2023 rules. Hearing the appeal, the NGT bench noted arguments on both sides, including claims of biomass pellet shortages. It said a conditional stay ...