BHUBANESWAR: Carbon trading has finally arrived to benefit small-time manufactures in Orissa, which substantially checks global warming. A brick-kiln owner from Muniguda of Rayagada district will be awarded Rs. 68,000 for adopting eco-friendly mechanism to reduce coal consumption on Friday.

P. Simanchal, the brick manufacturer, qualified to earn profit through relatively new trade practice in the State by reducing fuel consumption in his kiln during last one year.

"For the first time in the world, brick manufacturers will be getting remuneration for carbon saving under the Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF), funded by the World Bank. Simanchal will be the second brick kiln owner after Kanahaya Lal Chugani of Chhattisgarh in the world to take advantage of the trade," Arun Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of New Delhi-based Development Alternatives, said here.

The Development Alternatives is promoting Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA), an eco-friendly technology provider.

Mr. Kumar said under the CDCF, for every one tonne of carbon dioxide reduce, the kiln owner would get $ 6 from the World Bank and one eco-kiln promoted by TARA could earn Rs. 1 lakh per annum from the carbon fund for over a period of eight years, he claimed. Under CDCF, the workers engaged on site would be covered under insurance.

The TARA eco-kiln technology helped reduce 50 per cent coal consumption that resulted in 50 per cent less emission of carbon dioxide into atmosphere, Mr. Kumar said.

He said there were huge scope for improvement in the State as, on an average, 250 crore bricks were manufactured annually in the State. The organisation entered into an agreement with the World Bank in June 2006 to develop 126 kilns using its technology across four states such as Orissa, Chhattishgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand to trade 3 million dollar. Mr. Kumar said about 40 such eco-kilns had come up with trade volume touching 40,000 dollar.

On Orissa front, the organisation intended to develop 250 eco-kilns during the next two to three years, he said.

TARA eco-kiln technology was introduced in 10 places including Bolangir, Phulbani, Asika, Baliguda, Koraput, Sundargarh and Pipili of Orissa.

"We have gone for selected mechanisation of the brick kilns. But it will no way hamper employment generation," Mr. Kumar said.

According figures of Clean Development Mechanism authority of India, 17 projects from Orissa have got clearance for entering into carbon trading in sectors such as energy efficiency, industrial process and renewable energy. But all these 17 projects were operated by bigger companies.

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