International Journal in Management & Social Science

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 3

Fly Ash in India: from waste pollutant to ecofriendly resources

  • Author:
  • Sanjay Keshaorao Katait
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 470 to 480

Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Shri Shivaji College of Arts and Commerce, Morshi Road, Amravati, 444603 (M.S.), India

Abstract

Fly ash, a residue of burning of pulverized coal and lignite in thermal power stations, is now being accepted as a resource material. Efforts to use fly ash began in India about a decade back and have developed confidence in fly ash utilization technologies and its large-scale utilization. Previously number of attempts was made through various Committees/Groups to develop fly ash utilization technologies. As a result, fly ash utilization in the country has increased from 1 million ton per year to more than 45 million tone per year. The implementation and reutilization of fly ash in different segment are dealt in this research paper.

Keywords

Eco-friendly, Fly ash, India, Resources, Waste Pollutant, Utilization