NTPC biodiversity park to make way for fly ash

Fly ash is a by-product obtained by burning coal and is usually produced at thermal power stations

State-owned power generation firm NTPC may soon be asked to relocate a biodiversity park at its Dadri thermal power plant, Uttar Pradesh, to meet the fly ash requirement of the highway sector.

The issue was flagged at a group of infrastructure meeting last week and Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal — who attended the meeting, along with Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan and railways and defence ministry officials — agreed to shift the eco-park to another location.

The meeting, chaired by Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, was held to iron out issues impacting the progress of highway construction.

Road ministry officials had brought