Why are fly ash brick manufacturers in a tough spot?

Though the government has stressed on increasing fly ash utilisation in the country, manufacturers allege that a situation of scarcity is being …

Brickfields closed

Sound foundation

Fly ash presents an alternative to the polluting burnt bricks

Bricks, pavers from construction debris

Construction waste recycled to make bricks and pavers

In Short

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

New MoEFCC notification on fly ash includes solar, wind power plants for reclamation

Manufacturers raise concern as price of fly ash bricks to be decided by CPWD’s schedule of rates

EPCA draws roadmap for brick kilns in Delhi-NCR

Environmental body takes a number of decisions at workshop to discuss region’s brick kiln sector, which is a major cause of pollution

Kiln Eco-

Brickmaking is a profit-driven enterprise. At one level, it produces the basis of the built-up world. But what of the hidden -- ecological and …

THERMAL POWER

Power plants consumed 530 million tonnes of coal in 2014-15, which is around three-fourths of the total coal use in the country

The flyash burden

Will the targets set for utilising flyash by power plants be met?

Is it all grey?

NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge

World Bank to buy carbon credits to aid building material industry

Polluting units shut in Kaziranga

Green tribunal fines state, Centre for allowing stone crushers, brick kilns near Assam park