An ash user meet and technical workshop on "New avenues on ash utilization" was organised by the NTPC-Sipat Environment Management Group at Hotel Ananda Imperial here on Friday.
The meet was inaugurated by Padmakumar Rajasekharan, group general manager (NTPC-Sipat). Addressing the gathering Padmakumar emphasised the need of power for development and with generation of electricity its byproduct, fly ash is also generated.
He said that fly ash is not a waste but a resource material, which has several utilisations.
N Kalidas, director, Institute for Solid Waste Research and Ecological Balance delivered a key note address on Nano concrete Technology, FAL-G bricks, Kadanza pavement bricks which mainly utilize fly ash as basic raw material. Among others Suresh Venkatesh, general manager, environment, western region-II, J S S Murty, general manager, maintenance, V Ganesh, general manager, technical services, Dr. M L Agrawal, HoD, (civil), Government Engineering College, Bilaspur, officials from the public works department, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna, fly ash brick manufacturers and engineering students attended the workshop.
