MB Power has started to supply conditioned fly ash (CFA) through the Indian Railways to ACC’s cement factory in Kymore, Katni, Madhya Pradesh.

MB Power will transport the CFA from its flagship thermal power plant at Jaithari, Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh to ACC Cement, thus ensuring proper utilisation of fly ash. MB Power’s Anuppur facility is amongst the first few facilities in the country to undertake such an initiative.

The first rake of fly ash was flagged off from the Shadol Division of Madhya Pradesh, a first-of-its-kind initiative in the region.

While 20 million tonne of ash can be transported at a time through an ash transport bulker, approximately 3,500–4,000 million tonne of ash can be carried by rail at a time.

It will not only help reduce road accidents, traffic and transportation problems caused by heavy vehicles, but will also prove to be environment friendly. Moving fly ash by rail-mode is one of them.

ACC and MB Power have a very strong relationship and going forward, this movement of conditioned fly ash (CFA) by rail will also help each other in moving more fly ash in an environment-friendly mode of transport.