Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
5. What is fly ash? Discuss its types, applications, advantages, and disadvantages as a construction material. What steps are required to promote its usage? (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Down to Earth , Insights on India
Why the question:
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) noted September 19, 2022 that there was an urgent need to augment the utilisation and disposal of fly ash in Chhattisgarh.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about fly ash, its types, its applications, advantages, and disadvantages and steps needed to promote its usage.
Directive word:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you must debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You must give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by defining fly ash and its components.
Body:
In the first part, write about its types and its application in various fields especially as a construction material.
Next, write about the advantages and disadvantages of fly in the various types of application, as a by-product, issues with its disposal etc.
Next, suggest steps to promote its usage across the country.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
