Green bricks

The pucca LCM of growth

The lowly brick, that is

Brick damage

Brick bargain

The vertical shaft brick kiln technology reduces energy consumption and breakage of bricks

Falling bricks

Owners of brick kilns resent pollution control measures of the authorities

Oily nightmares

Brick by brick

A new, eco-friendly technology for brick production

Flyash users charged

Kathmandu's poor air quality

Brick Menace

UTlLISE FLY ASH

Utilising fly ash

No bric-a-bracs

Bricks can be made with 30 per cent sewage sludge

MoEF to do away with environmental clearance for mining minor minerals in areas less than 5 ha

Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states

Cold furnaces

West Bengal kilns asked to shut down to save mangoes

Notification neglected

Hazardous kilns

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

Brick kiln pollutes Pune outskirts

Closure order has no effect on brick-making unit

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

The flyash burden

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