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Building industry is one of the leaders in deterioration of environment by depleting resources & consuming energy or creation of waste, also a considerable amount of emissions of greenhouse & acidifying gases has the origin in building industry. Cement belongs to the most often used building materials & its production is increasing over the world. But the cement industry is an energy enormous intensive & produces many emissions, odors & noise. A study has been carried out to assess environmental impacts in terms of water, groundwater, air & noise pollution in cement manufacturing plant at Morak, Rajasthan after a period of about 30 years of its operation. During the study, ambient air quality parameters, physio-chemical parameters of water & noise levels as well as health & safety measures for workers at Manglam Cement Limited Morak have been evaluated. Zero Discharge approach is examined in Manglam Cement Limited where no liquid/solid waste is generated from the plant; it shows that significant environmental improvements are being made. We hope this book will be a useful asset for the students, researchers and all other concerned. We owe our gratefulness to the almighty God.

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Divya Gupta completed her Bachelor of Civil Engineering in 2013 with Honors from Engineering College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan. She obtained her Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University, Kota in 2016 under the guidance of Dr. Mahendra Pratap Choudhary, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering.

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