The Sabita Fly Ash Industry is the first environment-friendly brick-manufacturing unit here producing nearly 10,000 bricks per day. The fly ash, red mud and lime grits, the wastes generated from the Lanjigarh Vedanta Alumina Refinery, are the main raw materials to manufacture the bricks.
Notably, Sabita Fly Ash was the main attraction at the Kalahandi Utsav Ghumura. The firm utilises technology jointly developed by the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar (CSIR Laboratory) along with the Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL).
Thousands of people visited the stall at the Lok Mahotsav and were impressed with the technology and raw materials the industry uses to prepare the bricks.
Answering to a query, Sabita Fly Ash representative Ashok Mishra informed that they take the red mud and fly ash free of cost from VAL to make bricks. The bricks are stronger than the traditional ones and have good value in the market. Mishra further informed that the people of Kesinga, Dharmagarh, Junagarh and Rampur buy their bricks.
Besides being much stronger, the bricks are compact and uniform in shape and colour and meet the Bureau of Indian Standards of IS 12894:2002 (Class 7.5) specifications, Mishra claimed. The industry reportedly does not need much skilled manpower and is an ideal project for an area like Kalahandi district, having a low literacy rate and high unskilled manpower.
Courtesy: The Pioneer
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