The Odisha federal government is set to launch a brand-new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for fly ash disposal and concentrate on an environment-friendly slurry pipeline system within today, Revenue & & Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari notified on Monday.
According to main sources, the brand-new SOP intends to improve and modernise the disposal system, specifically in thermal power plant-affected locations in the State.
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The Minister specified that assessments are underway with both the main and state-level organizations. Unlike the existing disposal system utilizing trucks, the brand-new method will prioritise transferring fly ash in slurry type through pipelines to unoccupied zones.
The relocation is anticipated to substantially lower the ecological and public health dangers related to ash transport and discarding. The federal government thinks this technique will guarantee more secure and more effective fly ash evacuation from thermal power stations.
In addition, NLC India Limited has actually proposed the advancement of a devoted fly ash pond at Talabira, for which conversations are underway with the district administration. The Minister encouraged speedy action within a month on this proposition.
Coal-based thermal power production has actually badly impacted 4 significant districts: Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, and Angul. Regional neighborhoods in these locations have actually been battling with uncontrolled contamination and the lack of correct fly ash management procedures.
“A brand-new SOP for the fly ash disposal has actually currently been prepared. It is most likely to be launched in the coming week. I have actually purchased NLC India Limited to recognize land for the proposed ash pond at Talabira, in coordination with the district administration. The area needs to be found at a further location from human settlement, so that it will not impact life and home in case it collapses due to any scenario,” the Minister specified to mediapersons.