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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding management of fly ash, 12/02/2020 [1]

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shantanu Sharma Versus Union of India & Others dated 12/02/2020 regarding management of fly ash generated by the thermal power plants (TPPs).

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The NGT directed the TPPS to take prompt steps for scientific disposal of fly ash in accordance with the statutory notification issued by the MoEF&CC under the provisions of EP Act requiring 100% utilization and disposal of fly ash. CPCB has been asked to compute and levy environmental compensation and the CPCB guidelines of May 2019 for utilization/disposal of fly ash for reclamation of low lying areas and in stowing/back filling of abandoned mines/quarries should be complied with.

Judgement Date: 
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Tags:
Fly Ash [3], Thermal Power Plants [4], National Green Tribunal (NGT) [5], Court [6], Waste Conversion [7], India [8], Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) [9]
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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/flyash-use-NGT-order.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fly-ash
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thermal-power-plants
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/national-green-tribunal-ngt
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/court
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-conversion
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forest-moef