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As a policy, NTPC lays special emphasis on land use and Bio-diversity by way of development of green belts, energy plantations, reclmation of abandoned Ash Ponds and EIA and ecological monitoring in the project areas and its surroundings.

Reclamation of Abandoned Ash ponds:

The reclamation of abandoned ash pond sites is a challenging task. NTPC has reclaimed temporary ash disposal areas at some of its projects namely Ramagundam, Talcher Thermal, Rihand, Singrauli and
Unchahar through plantation and converted these sites into lush green environments. Extensive plantations have also been undertaken on dry ash mound at NTPC-Dadri. It is planned to reclaim all the abandoned ash disposal areas by plantation.





Green Belts, Afforestation & Energy Plantations:

What’s more, in a concerted bid to counter the growing ecological threat, NTPC is undertaking afforestation
programmes covering vast areas of land in and around its projects. Appropriate afforestation programmes for plant, township and green belt areas of the project have been implemented at all projects. In order to enhance green cover in the areas around our projects, as a responsible corporate citizen, NTPC till date has planted more than 18 million trees at its projects throughout the country. The afforestation has not only contributed to the aesthetics but also has been serving as a 'sink' for the pollutants released from the station and thereby protecting the quality of ecology and environment in and around the projects. Thrust has also been given to bio-diesel plantation and around 4.8 lakh energy plants including Pongamia and Jatropha have already been planted. A pilot project for extraction of seeds from these bio-diesel plants has also been set up.