On the 20th March, 2018, environmental activists from diverse parts of India like - Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Gorakhpur, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Imphal - held a protest outside Badarpur power plant which has been shut down multiple times due to the significant amount of pollution it causes. This symbolic protest outside Badarpur Thermal Power Plant is a reminder to our government to take strict action against all the coal-fired power plants across India. The activists demanded the MoEF&CC; to immediately enforce the National Clean Air Programme by making it public and putting sector wise plan to achieve 35% emission reduction in three years in public domain.