Lucknow: Clay Fired Brick Making Clusters

Introduction

Lucknow, the 'City of Nawabs', has a cluster of about 230 brick kiln units located around the city. Almost all the units use fixed chimney type Bull’s Trench kilns (BTKs); about 10 brick kiln units are using zigzag technology for firing of green bricks. All the units are engaged in the production of clay fired solid bricks through a manual production process. The average production capacity of a typical BTK is about 27,000 bricks per day. The kilns operate for about 6 months in a year: January to June. Generally, five to six qualities of bricks are sold in the market - Class-1, Class-2, Class-3, Tamda, Kali Peti, and Tukda.

Products manufactured

Clay fired solid bricks

Energy Consumption

High

Number of Brick Kilns

230

Main fuels

Coal

Annual Production

4.8 million

Total energy consumption (toe)

108,254

Leading industry association(s)

• Lucknow Brick Kiln Association

Cluster Manual

https://www.sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/Lucknow-Brick-Kilns-Uttar-Pradesh.pdf

Other Resources

• MSME Development Institute (MSME-DI), Kanpur https://dcmsme.gov.in/All_MSME_DIs_TCs.aspx

SourceData pertains to 2016–17, collected primarily under the TERI–SDC ‘EESE’ project