* Edit on 18th August, 2016
Here are some quick facts about the 'Green Road' that you need to know:
The advantages of using such a road are many.
Fly ash is a waste byproduct of
the power plants utilizing coal for power generation. These are lightweight
particles captured in exhaust gas by electrostatic precipitators and bag houses
of coal-fired power plants.
The road from Banjari village to Sarbhal |
Here are some quick facts about the 'Green Road' that you need to know:
- With earthen shoulder, the width of the road spans across 6 meters.
- For the building a normal road of the said dimension and requirement, an estimated cost of about 1.22 crores would have to be incurred.
- However, to construct a green road, the cost of sand filling and Water Bound Macadam (WBM) gets eliminated resulting in the savings of around 44 lakhs.
- This offers a huge value proposition to the communities who commute regularly on the route and to the company as well.
The advantages of using such a road are many.
- It helps in soil stabilization and increases the load bearing capacity of the road.
- It also saves top soil which is traditionally used otherwise.
- It has a better result over time when subjected to varying weather conditions.
* Original article
Fly ash dump |
How do you take care of the waste
product of a power plant? For one, you can create a road out of it!
Vedanta has dedicated the first
‘Green Road’ to Jharsuguda made with Fly Ash. Infrastructure development surely
needs greener solution in today’s times. To come up with such solutions is a
necessity for lessening the environmental impact of an industry.
Incidentally, the construction of
this road is also towards compliance of Rehabilitation & Periphery
Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) commitment by Vedanta. With
its ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative, the road with the length of 2.3kms from
Banjari Village to Sarbhal was constructed utilizing 13,000 MT fly ash as a
prime component. The design of the road was done by IIT, Bhubaneswar and the
total cost of the road is around Rs 1.88 crores.
In a similar road construction initiative
by Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, the Jamshedpur Utility and Services Company
(JUSCO), a subsidiary of Tata Steel used plastic to make roads. It was
widely appreciated and ensured 7% decrease of bitumen use in road construction.
Jharsuguda’s infrastructure
development is crucial as it is an important place for industries in Western
Odisha. However, this road will open a comfortable and easy commutation
facility for the villagers in the will be of high significance.
The road was
inaugurated by Dr. Sitaram Patel, ADM, Jharsuguda. Speaking on the occasion,
Dr. Patel who personally travelled the entire distance of the new road applauded
Vedanta’s fulfilment of its commitment and expressed that many such innovative
public infrastructure through fly ash is a possibility now. He also added that
such efforts will be given full support by the administration and the
community.
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