Context: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the constitution of a ‘Fly Ash Management and Utilization Mission’ in its recent order.
About the mission
Its goal will be to coordinate and monitor issues relating to the handling and disposal of fly ash.
The Mission is to be jointly headed by the secretaries of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Union Ministry of Coal and Power and the chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
The secretary of MoEF&CC will be the nodal agency for coordination and compliance.
The Mission may also monitor scientific management and utilization of fly ash by power projects outside Singrauli and Sonbhadra, in coordination with chief secretaries of concerned states.
The Mission also extends the responsibility of fly ash management to the chief secretaries of the states.
What is Fly Ash?
Fly Ash is a byproduct from burning of coal in the thermal power generation.
It is called fly ash because it is transported from the combustion chamber by exhaust gases.
