The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and , Chhattisgarh has suggested that increasing punishments or punishing the power plant alone is not a solution but clear policy to fix responsibility of every stake holder is also necessary to solve the problem of fly ash menace.
The state, which is among the leading states in thermal power generation, has been facing the problem of fly ash since the beginning. Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate-change”>Climate Change issued another notification on April 22, 2021 and made some more stringent provisions regarding disposal of fly ash. Since these provisions will come into effect from April one, 2022.
FICCI has suggested that before the new notification comes into force, a systematic solution to the problem can pave the way for Sustainable Development. In order to dispose of fly ash, the government must make a condition of using only ash and its products compulsorily in all the tenders of construction works and mandatory rules for transportation and disposal should be made, use of fly ash should be mandatory for end users.