The government had plans to banish illegal brickfields by switching to environment-friendly concrete blocks for building construction by 2024-25 in a bid to curb air pollution.
The plan to switch from using clay bricks made from the topsoil of farmlands to concrete blocks by 2024-25 was made in 2019 with the passage of the Brick Manufacturing and Brick Kiln Establishment (Control) (Amendment) Act in parliament.
A directive from the environment ministry said the plan was to gradually increase the use of concrete blocks instead of soil bricks by making them mandatory in government construction, renovation and roadworks in villages under the Act.
The plan had aimed to use blocks for 10 percent of government constructions by the 2019-20 financial year, 20 percent by 2020-21, 30 percent by 2021-22, 60 percent by 2022-23, 80 percent by 2023-24 and finally make the complete switch by the fiscal year 2024-25.
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