Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Dasuya (Hoshiarpur) : An industrial unit located on the Chandigarh-Hoshiarpur-Jammu highway in Randhawa village, near here, has been openly polluting the environment for the past many years.Owned by a known liquor baron of the region, Chadha Estate is not only causing air pollution but the underground water has also been …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the JSL Limited for establishment of a 1320 MW super thermal power plant at Luni in Dhenkanal district. The company will draw water from the Mahanadi river system for the plant. JSL will invest Rs 7,375 crore and …
A Bangladeshi barge carrying around 60 tonnes of fly ash sank in the Hooghly, near Budge Budge, on Thursday apparently after the engine developed a snag during high tide. The Anmona-2, which was returning to Bangladesh with fly ash from the CESC plant in Budge Budge, has been tied away …
DISMISSING reports about losses incurred by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) in the sale of fly ash from the four thermal power stations in the State, Law Minister Duraimurugan on Tuesday said that, indeed, the government had increased the revenue through the sale of fly ash during the past …
BHUBANESWAR: National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), country's leading producer and exporter aluminium, here on Monday reported commissioning of The High Concentration Slurry Disposal (HCSD) system in its 1080 MW captive power plant. Considered to be the latest and eco-friendly ways of ash disposal from modern power plants, the HCSD system …
Pulverized coal fly-ash has been evaluated as wet-end filler in manufacture of specialty products such as decorative laminate-grade base papers. Fine sized fly-ash is available abundantly as solid waste from coal based thermal power plants. Non-magnetic fly ash particles smaller than 35 um were used as wet end filler.
Uranium content in groundwater varies markedly depending upon geological terrain, climate, proximity of uranium deposits, as well as composition of the water. In India, the average reported range of uranium in groundwater is from 0.01 to 19.6 micrograms/litre (ug/L). Uranium in groundwater drawn from handpumps and shallow tube wells (up …
Maharashtra’s target is to generate 33,000 MW from 47 new thermal power plants. This is a measure for its power-starved western part; some of it would go to the Nor-thern Grid. Vidarbha, in eastern Maha-rashtra, is power surplus; the region produces 67 per cent of the total power in the …
Polluting units at an industrial area Growing pollution thanks to rapid industrialisation has prompted the state government to draw up plans to address the problem. The state has at least 107 sponge iron plants, which contribute significantly to pollution. Besides, there are several thermal plants and coalfields in Talcher-Angul and …
ANGUL: The core committee for fly ash utilisation of Angul district has decided to use void coal mine and low-lying areas across the district to dump huge quantity of dry ash generated from the power plants in the district. Six districts in the State, where power is generated, have formed …
SP Sharma The joint action committee of residents of the town formed against air pollution being caused by the thermal power house of the PSEB here has decided to file a petition on the issue in the High Court as the authorities concerned have failed to check the emission of …
Incorporating the beneficial use of industrial by-products into the industrial ecology of an urban region as a substitute or supplement for natural aggregate can potentially reduce life cycle impacts. This article specifically looks at the utilization of industrial by-products (IBPs) (coal ash, foundry sand, and foundry slag) as aggregate for …
ANGUL: In order to dispose of over burdened ash in its ponds, Nalco has decided to give cash incentives to the lifters. At present Nalco is providing pond ash free of cost to the end-users. It has been decided to provide Rs 100 per cubic metre subjected to minimum lifting …
Investigation on the removal of formic acid (FOA) by adsorption on flyash-wood carbon (FA-WC) blends has been made under batch mode. The adsorption data on the variation of (i) initial concentration of acid, (ii) contact time (iii) does and (iv) particle size of FA-WC are determined.
Shut water supply, lock guards people living in village Vadgaon Dadahari in Beed district of Maharashtra have been inhaling flyash-laden air for the past five years. The pollution is caused by the nearby Parli power plant that generates 690 MW power for the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited. On …
