A NOTE ON THE SAFE DISPOSAL OF FLY ASH AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREA

Arvind Kumar Rai, Biswajit Paul & Gurdeep Singh

Centre of Mining Environment, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering
Indian School of Mines University , Dhanbad - 826 004

Correspondence Author: dolphinarvind@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The demand for energy generation in our country has increased tremendously in recent years. Thermal power plants using different types of coal is the chief source of energy in India. The currently production of fly ash about 70 -75 million tons each year. This figure is expected to cross 100 million tons per year in the next four or five years. The disposal of the fly ash poses serious ecological problems as regards to its safe disposal practices. Fly ash being a waste product, power plants does not always pay much attention on the disposal of the ash. The disposal of 100 million tons which is a huge quantity would require thousands of hectares of land in the surrounding area of power plants. The formation of very big ash ponds or dykes will also have adverse effects on soil, water bodies and on living being habituate in the nearby areas. The present paper describes various suggestions related to safe disposal of fly ash and its impact on the surrounding area.

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