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  • Telangana: Foundation laid for expansion of Orient cement company in Mancherial

    Telangana: Foundation laid for expansion of Orient cement company in Mancherial

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    Telangana: Foundation laid for expansion of Orient Cement Company in Mancherial

    Hyderabad: Foundation stone for the expansion of Orient Cement Company at Devapur village in Kasipet mandal was laid by Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao on Monday.

    KTR reached the district via chopper and inaugurated the expansion of the cement plant at Devapur Village which would provide direct and indirect employment to 4000 local people.

    Home minister, Mahmood Ali, minister of BC welfare, Koppula Eshwar, forest minister, A Indrakaran Reddy, and government whip Balka Suman accompanied KTR during the ceremony.

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    Established in 1979, Orient Cement was formerly, a part of Orient Paper & Industries. It was demerged in the year 2012 and since then, it began cement production in the year 1982 at Devapur in Adilabad District, Telangana.

    Bellampalli MLA Durgam Chinnaiah, Telangana State Mineral Development Corporation chairman Krishank Manne and BRS leader Pushkar Rammohan Rao were present.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Indian students turn PPE waste into eco-friendly bricks without cement

    Indian students turn PPE waste into eco-friendly bricks without cement

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    New Delhi: A team of engineering students has devised a method to turn hospital personal protective equipment (PPE) waste, which typically swells-up landfills, into bricks that are stronger and do not use any cement.

    Not only do these “poly bricks” have a three-time higher compressive strength as compared to the common red bricks, they are much lighter and can be produced in a far shorter time.

    Since the curing time to reach ISO standards is less than 24 hours, the bricks are ready quicker and cheaper than common red or concrete hollow bricks and meet the water absorption specifications.

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    The team from the civil engineering department of Sona College — Aravind Kumar from final year, Kamalesh J B and Dharani Raj U, both from third year, and Adhavan P and Harshini E K, both from second year — found this solution while participating in a nation-wide competition.

    “The technology is now available to hospital chains and other organisations interested in technology transfer to help tackle PPE waste and also reduce poisonous emissions,” Chocko Valliappa, Vice Chairman, Sona Group of education institutions, told IANS.

    The poly brick making process starts by sterilising PPE kits with ultraviolet (UV) rays, subjecting it to heat at 160 degrees centigrade, adding sand aggregates and casting the polypropylene mass into bricks.

    The poly bricks are eco-friendly as they do not use any cement or water in the process and cause minimal in process emissions as the PPE plastic waste is subjected to less than 200 degrees centigrade.

    The WHO recently said the use of PPE kits used during the Covid-19 pandemic was added burden putting on the environment, due to their single-use nature.

    According to the educational institution, these eco-friendly bricks can be used as regular bricks for walls as also as paver blocks instead of red bricks — in the process reducing plastic waste as well as pollution caused during cement production.

    The poly bricks have good cement adhesion and can be plastered with cement.

    Dr N Karuppasamy, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Sona College of Technology who mentored the team said that a patent application has been filed for this technology.

    The civil engineering department has also patented a technology to use plastic waste in brick production that replaces almost 70 per cent of sand with plastic.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • MP: 14 dead as cement truck hits 3 parked buses; sixty injured

    MP: 14 dead as cement truck hits 3 parked buses; sixty injured

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    Bhopal: The death toll in the accident in which a cement-laden truck hit three buses parked on the side of a road on the Rewa-Satna border in Madhya Pradesh has gone up to 14, which also left at least 60 persons injured, officials said on Saturday.

    The accident occurred around 9 pm on Friday outside a tunnel near Barkhada village and people in the buses were returning from the ‘Kol Mahakumbh’ in Satna city, they said.
    Union Home Minister Amit Shah had addressed the event in Satna earlier on Friday on the occasion of Shabri Mata Jayanti.

    “Fourteen persons were killed and 60 others were injured. Of the injured persons, the condition of three is very serious,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Dr Rajesh Rajora told PTI.

    Talking to reporters after meeting the injured persons at the Rewa Medical College Hospital late Friday night, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the cement-laden truck hit three buses parked on the roadside as it veered off following a tyre burst.

    Because of the impact of the collision a bus fell on one side, while another one overturned on the other side causing injuries to the passengers, he said.

    Terming the incident as “very unfortunate”, Chouhan said that if necessary, patients will be airlifted outside Rewa for better treatment.

    The chief minister announced a financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of those killed in the accident, and also said that government jobs will also be offered to the kin of the deceased persons.

    Those who suffered serious injuries will be given Rs 2 lakh, while other injured will be offered Rs one lakh compensation.

    Benefits of several welfare schemes will also be given to the kin of the deceased, he said.

    Eyewitnesses said that the truck hit the buses from behind and one of the buses overturned and fell into a ditch.
    The accident took place near Mohania tunnel around 9 pm when the buses had stopped for distribution of food packets to the passengers returning after attending the Mahakumbh, they said.

    Rajora said top officials, including collectors and superintendents of police of Sidhi and Rewa districts reached the spot.

    Chouhan has directed officials to supervise the treatment of the injured persons and asked them to keep the Rewa Medical College and Sidhi District Hospital on alert, he said.

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed grief over the accident in a tweet.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )