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.
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 July 19, when strong winds carried large quantities of flyash
The brick-kiln owners in the state have opposed the government notification asking them to use fly ash for making bricks.
As per the notification, a brick-kiln in 100 kilometre radius of any thermal plant is required to add 25 per cent of fly ash in the material used to make bricks. However, the kiln owners have rejected the government decision.
CPI(M)-Trinamul rivalry affects aid to cyclone Aila victims relief funds from the central government to help victims of cyclone Aila in West Bengal have hardly reached the needy. Political one-upmanship between the ruling cpi(m) in the state and Mamata Banerjee
RASHME SEHGAL
The recent Supreme Court judgment giving a go ahead to the construction of the Games Village has opened the doors for further construction along the Yamuna bank.
The Delhi Master Plan already spells out new land uses along the banks which is expected to lead to eventual canalisation of the river fear environmentalists.
