The thermal power Plants in the state are in no mood to provide fly ash free of cost to theNational Highways Authority of India(NHAI) so that the toxic residue piling up after the burning of coal is safely disposed of and is utilised in the construction of roads, as per the ministry of Environment, forest, and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change (MoEF & CC) directions.
The NHAI continues to struggle as plants have failed to adhere to the mandatory provision of providing fly ash for the construction of roads within a 300-km radius of coal-based thermal power plants to ensure safe and sustainable disposal of the toxic material.
Environmentalists alleged that operators of the plants are forging the figures as there is a big gap in generation and stock at the dyke. This way they sell the fly ash in open market.