Power plants will have to supply fly ash free of cost to nearby construction units if the generation units are not able to dispose of ash through other means, the environment ministry has proposed in a draft notification.
The power units will have to issue notices to nearby user industries informing them about surplus fly ash. Construction units within 300-km radius of coal and lignite power plants will be responsible for utilisation of the fly ash in case they have not already tied up from other suppliers, according to the draft norms circulated for stakeholders’ comments.
