(a) whether the Government has any proposal to establish fly ash brick plants in nearby areas of NTPC plants, if so, the details thereof specially in Delhi-NCR and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(b) the details of implementation procedure and time-limit for any such proposal in near future?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
( SHRI R.K. SINGH)
(a) & (b) : To promote ash utilization by thermal power plants, MoEF&CC’s amended Notification dated 25th January, 2016 has been notified in which para 2(b): sub-para (11) and (12) states that:
sub-para (11): The coal or lignite based thermal power plants shall promote, adopt and set up the ash based product manufacturing facilities within their premises or in the vicinity of their premises so as to reduce the transportation of ash.
sub-para (12): The coal or lignite based thermal power plants in the vicinity of the cities shall promote, support and assist in setting up of ash based product manufacturing units so as to meet the requirements of bricks and other building construction materials and also to reduce the transportation.
M/s NTPC Ltd. has established fly ash brick plants in all its Coal based Thermal Power Stations, including those in Delhi NCR, as per its Ash Utilization Policy in order to promote use of fly ash bricks. Fly ash bricks manufactured at NTPC plants are exclusively utilized for all in-house construction activities.
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