Fly Ash

Damodar - Ten years after

How has the river that flows through one of the most industrialised regions in India fared since it was first written about in 1993? Down to Earth revisits the coal dust and slurry-ridden Damodar basin to see if anything has changed - for better or worse

Publication Date:

14/03/2003

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20030315

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution, Pollution Control, River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Mining, Damodar, Water Quality, Ganga Action Plan, Coal, Solid Waste, Oil, Thermal Power Plants, India, Dhanbad (D), Jharkhand, Statistics, Fly Ash, Coal Industry

Air Pollution

Instant threat

Particulate matter immediately affects lungs and heart

Publication Date:

14/10/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Heart Diseases, United States Of America (US), Fly Ash

India

SLURRY DISPOSAL

Acting on a petition, the Supreme Court (SC) directed the Bokaro Thermal Power Station to identify the area where it can dispose of its slurry and fly-ash safely and make

Publication Date:

14/02/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Afforestation, Compensation, Thermal Power Plants, Legislation, Supreme Court, Fly Ash

Air Pollution

Inventory of aerosol and sulphur dioxide emissions from India: Fossil fuel combustion

A comprehensive, spatially resolved (0.25°×0.25°) fossil fuel consumption database and emissions inventory was constructed, for India, for the first time. Emissions of sulphur dioxide and aerosol chemical constituents were estimated for 1996–1997 and extrapolated to the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) study period (1998–1999). District level consumption of coal/lignite, petroleum and natural gas in power plants, industrial, transportation and domestic sectors was 9411 PJ, with major contributions from coal (54%) followed by diesel (18%).

Publication Date:

01/02/2002

Author(s): M. Shekar Reddy, Chandra Venkataraman

Source: Atmospheric Environment

Vol:

36

Issue:

4

pp:

677–697

Tags:

Aerosols, Fossil Fuels, India, Fly Ash, Thermal Power Plants, Industrial Pollution

Wildlife

Dying fish

tonnes of dead fish have been found near Turkey's Gulf of Izmit, located south of Istanbul. Scientists have no clue as to why the gulf has been filling up with dead fish. Izmit is one of

Publication Date:

27/02/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Heavy Metals, Fish Poisoning, Waste Incineration, PCBs, Dioxin, Turkey, Fly Ash

Air Pollution

The trail of ash

NALCO will be sued if it fails to restore an ash pond breach that has caused an environmental nightmare in Orissa

Publication Date:

14/02/2001

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pollution Control, National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Health Effects, Waste Disposal, Legislation, Orissa (Odisha), Fly Ash

India

Sound foundation

Fly ash presents an alternative to the polluting burnt bricks

Publication Date:

29/11/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Bricks, Mud, Building Technology, Thermal Power Plants, India, Sustainable Development, Fly Ash

Air Pollution

ORDER REVERTED

A Supreme Court division bench has reverted one of its order passed in 1996, which stipulated that brick kilns causing air pollution due to the use of fly ash technology should be relocated and

Publication Date:

14/10/2000

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution, Construction Industry, HI Relocation, Legislation, Fly Ash

Environment

Dumping and disposal of fly ash discharged from coal or lignite based thermal power plants on land

Publication Date:

14/09/1999

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests

Tags:

Fly Ash, Environment Act 1986, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Fly Ash Bricks, Building Materials, Thermal Power Plants, High Court, Delhi, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), India

India

FLY ASH DAMPING

The Delhi High Court has asked the Union government to issue a final notification on the proper utilisation of fly ash discharged by thermal power stations in the country. A division bench

Publication Date:

30/08/1999

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Legislation, Parliament, Delhi, Fly Ash