Control Board on January 22 this year.
reported by BKTPP authority. This
He has submitted a detailed scientific
resulted in huge ash pond overflow that
contaminated the Chandrabhaga River,
the report states. It has been calculated
by Dr. Rudra that the amount of fly ash
that needs to be removed from the river
bed is nearly 200,000 cubic metres.
[Source : Times of India : 26.02.2015]
RIVERS OF INDIA
report providing recommendations to
reclaim and restore the Chandrabhaga
river ecology to the tribunal. The report
is pointing out that there has been a total
extinction
of
biodiversity
in
the
Chandrabhaga river. The pollution load
is due to the overflow of the ash pond
overflow of the thermal power plant. No
sign of aquatic life could be witnessed.
BKTPP claimed that the supply of high
ash content coal are the main reason for
such pollution. Use of such coal
generates more ash and the flyash pond
gets filled up faster. The capacity of
BKTPP was 630 MW in 2000. This rose
to 1,050 MW in 2008. This expansion
required more capacity of the flyash
pond. But power generation was initiated
without installation of additional ash
ponds due to non-availability of land as
Rivers of Bihar and Jharkhand
Kiul River
Kiul river is a tributary of river Ganga. It
originates from the Tisri Hill range in
Giridih district of Jharkhand. It flows
along the boundary of the district for a
short distance, then it enters Jamui
district of Bihar through a narrow gorge
near the Satpahari hill. It first flows in an
easterly direction close to the southern
base of the Girdheswari Hills. It turns
northward at their eastern extremity, and
passes near the town of Jamui. About 4
km. south of Jamui, it is joined by
Barnar; below this point, it receives the
mountain stream Alai, and near Jamui
railway station, it is joined by the river
Anjan. It then flows northeast up to
Lakhisarai, in Bihar. It passes below the
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