NTPC Ash Pond (Ramagundam)

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NTPC Ramagundam Power Station ash pond
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Coordinates:   18°45'25"N   79°24'52"E

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  • Open Ash Pond, Does NTPC plan to cover this somehow?
  • Yes why not? Once the usefull life of the plant is over and/or the pond is filled up to the estimated height, then the top will be covered with good earth and the land so reclaimed given back for afforestation. Even now the water overflowing from this pond is good for cultivation. This can be verified by the Kundanpalli villagers who managed to get three paddy crops and bountifull fruits from their farms when the pond was progressively being expanded from one fourth size to the present size over the last 25 years. All this was preconceived by the expert engineers in river valley projects like Sh.P.T.Malla Reddy, who was Chairman of the Central Electricity Authority, Dr.M.S.Rao and others. And the method of management of the pond over all these years has been meticulously followed as per suggestions of these experts. Another few years you will see fruit farms flourishing in the pond area.
  • How would you account for the really high temperatures, low rain fall and bad air quality in the region? When is the afforestation going to be done and when are the fruits going to reaped? Why aren't counter measures taken parallely rather than later? Also I am not sure how the quality of the overflow water is in Kundanpally? In the village of Peddampet, where the overflow water from Ramagundam (APSEB) power plant, was used as potable water until recently, still had traces of ash and other pollutants. Locally, you can see all natural springs go dry even in winter let alone summer unlike a decade ago. I am sure NTPC and others such as APSEB and SCCL need to take up more pro-active counter measures as social responsibility else I am confidence with all the dry conditions, someday even Godavari is going to be completely dry up challenging the existence of the power plant itself!!
  • may i know the chemical composition of pond ash
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