Some of the initiatives taken by various govt. departments in india Ministry of environment and forest, govt. of India (Ministry primarily responsible for preserving environment and forest in the country) recently issued notification containg directive for greater Flyasg utilization for replacing the red clay bricks with flyash bricks.

One problem is the gerneral perception that fly ash is a waste material and some how must be inferior to naturally occurring materials. Howeverm one must consider that flyash is produced as a by-product. This material may only require minimal processing and is supplied at a relatively low cost. Conversely, manynaturally occuring aggregates are highly processed, e.g. crushing, screenng, washing, etc. in order to make them suitable for use.