Months after local residents protested against the unscientific dumping of fly ash in Nandgaon village, the Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station in Nagpur district, in a letter to the state Pollution Control Board, stated that the dumping of fly ash slurry into the Nandgaon ash pond has been stopped. It further said that the power plant has made Waregaon ash bund functional for the same.
Earlier this month, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board had issued a notice to KTPS to immediately stop dumping fly ash into Nandgaon ash pond. Fly ash is a by-product of coal combustion, which generates more than 70% of country’s electricity.
