ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION

The construction sector is an important part of the Indian economy with a contribution of 10% in GDP and registering an annual growth of 9%. The Indian brick industry is the second largest producer of bricks in the world after China. The brick production in India is estimated at 140 billion bricks, consuming 24 million tonnes of coal along with huge quantity of biomass fuels. The total CO₂ emissions are estimated at 41.6 million tonne accounting for 4.5% of total GHG emissions from India. Brick production in India takes place in small units, using manual labour and traditional firing technologies. Large demand for bricks in urban centers has resulted in mushrooming of brick kiln clusters at the outskirts of major towns and cities. These brick clusters are important source of local air pollution (SPM, SO₂, fugitive emissions, etc) affecting local population, agriculture and vegetation.

                             Apart from air pollution, brick industry also consumes good quality top soil for brick making. The industry is estimated to consume 350 million tonne of top soil every year.

                               The goal of INDIAGREENO project is to reduce energy consumption, and restrict GHG emissions by creating appropriate infrastructure for sustained adoption of new and improved technologies for production and use of resource efficient bricks in India through Durgapur Bricks and Projects.