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All building construction projects within 300 km shall use fly ash based products. Penalties: ₹75/sq.ft for builders, ₹1000/ton for TPPs.
Local file: fly-ash-gazette-2021.pdf
The amendment updates the provisions of the 2021 notification concerning availability and supply of ash, construction projects within 300 km, building bye-laws, written notices and reservation of ash for micro and small enterprises engaged in ash-based product manufacturing.
Local file: fly-ash-amendment-2024.pdf
All building construction projects (Central, State and Local authorities, Govt. undertakings, other Govt. agencies and all private agencies) located within a radius of 300 kms from a coal or lignite based thermal power plant shall use ash bricks, tiles, sintered ash aggregate or other ash based products, provided these are made available at prices not more than the price mentioned in the Schedule of Rates as specified by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) or Public Works Department (PWD) of the State concerned or price of alternative products, if not mentioned in the Schedule of Rates.
All local authorities shall make provisions in their respective building bye-laws and other relevant regulations for the use of ash and ash-based products, such as bricks, blocks, tiles, sintered or cold bonded ash aggregates, fibre cement sheets, pipes, boards, panels in construction of buildings, roads, embankments or for any other related construction activity.
The owner of thermal power plants shall give a written notice to persons or agencies who are required to utilise ash under sub-paragraph (1) & (3) of paragraph B for offering the supply of ash free of cost and bearing cost of transportation, with a copy to concerned State Pollution Control Board.
The manufacturers of ash bricks or tiles or sintered ash aggregate or other ash-based products shall give a written notice to persons or agencies who are required to utilise ash-based products under sub-paragraph (8) of paragraph B for offering for sale of such products with a copy to concerned State Pollution Control Board.
The coal or lignite based thermal power plants, while utilising ash under this notification shall reserve certain percentage of ash for supply to all micro and small enterprises engaged in ash-based product manufacturing namely, bricks, blocks, tiles, sintered or cold bonded ash aggregates, fibre cement sheets, pipes, boards, panels for sale at concessional price or through limited auction in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Central Government in the Ministry of Power.
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