India, March 5 -- Nearly all brick kilns in Alwar have started using biomass fuel as mandated by CAQM

Alwar district in Rajasthan has witnessed a significant transformation towards clean energy since February 2022 when the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's (MoEF&CC) notification on brick kilns for the adoption of zig-zag technology and the Commission for Air Quality Management's (CAQM) direction for using cleaner fuel in the Delhi-NCR region.

Around 90 per cent of brick kilns in the district shifted to zig-zag technology, and nearly all brick kilns in Alwar have started using biomass fuel as mandated by the notification.

Brick kilns have long been identified as a significant source of air pollution in many non-...