Noida: A city-based urban development and infrastructure consultancy firm will soon prepare a functional plan to boost the educational infrastructure in Delhi-NCR for the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB). The plan will focus on education and employability via appropriate education and skill development on 55,000 sq km, comprising 24 districts across Delhi, Haryana, UP, and Rajasthan. In March, bids were invited from companies for preparing the plan, according to the 2041 regional plan for the dairy, tourism and heritage, health, education and skill development and digital sectors. Rudrabhishek Enterprises, which earlier prepared the 2041 master plan for the Greater Noida Authority, was selected. CMD Pradeep Misra said, By 2031, NCR will likely become the most populous capital region globally. The functional plan aims to position NCR as a globally renowned yet affordable education and skill development hub for the region and beyond. There will also be a separate skill development sub-plan, focusing on skilling with employability.Prabhakar Kumar, business head (urban), said the company would assess and analyse all educational infrastructure in NCR and identify gaps and remedial measures. The exercise will be in tandem with master plans prepared by the respective development authorities of the cities.It will cover the assessment of education and skill development based on the regions social, educational and economic background. It will provide physical and social infrastructure as related solutions and enable a major shift of education and skilling facilities to the digital level. We will identify education and skill development projects, with investment and implementation plans, he added.We also published the following articles recentlyCoal-based power plants aggravating air pollution in Delhi-NCR: ReportNon-compliance of thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR with emission standards identified by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) contributes significantly to air pollution. The study focuses on particulate matter, nitrogen oxide, and sulphur dioxide emissions from 11 thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR. The plants struggle to meet prescribed norms for emissions despite deadline extensions and revised categorisations by the Union Environment Ministry. The ministry established stringent emission standards for coal-based power plants in December 2015, granting deadline extensions to all power plants except those in Delhi-NCR. New deadlines were set based on categorisation by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Some plants still report high emissions of suspended particulate matter and nitrogen oxide, while all coal power plants exceed the prescribed limits for sulphur dioxide emissions.Coal-based power plants aggravating air pollution in Delhi-NCR: ReportNon-compliance of thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR with emission standards contributes significantly to air pollution. The study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) focuses on particulate matter, nitrogen oxide, and sulphur dioxide emissions from 11 thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR. These plants struggle to meet prescribed norms for emissions despite deadline extensions and revised categorizations. The ministry established stringent emission standards for coal-based power plants in 2015, granting extensions to Delhi-NCR plants until 2019. New deadlines were set based on plant categorizations, but many plants still failed to comply. High suspended particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions are reported from several plants, while all coal power plants in NCR exceed the prescribed limits for sulphur dioxide emissions.

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