Garbage: BBMP gets act together
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Segregation of garbage at source will be made mandatory in the city shortly, said Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy on Thursday. Addressing a press conference Mr Murthy said that the civic body has been facing a garbage crisis for the last 15 days and is doing its best to clear the city’s garbage. Segregation of garbage at source will help reduce 50 per cent of the waste that is dumped in controversial landfills, he said.
The authorities at the Terra Firma landfill have been convinced to take 600 metric tonnes (MT) of waste. Garbage generated from the city will thus be sent to Mandur and Terra Firma landfills, which will help clear some of the accumulated garbage. Private companies have shown interest in converting waste to energy and extracting oil from the waste. MK Aromatics Pvt. Ltd. has proposed an oil extraction plant. Hanjir Biotech Energy Pvt. Ltd. is interested in setting up a power plant at Mandur, and Organic Waste India Pvt. Ltd., a waste to energy plant at Kannalli and Sataram at Magadi. These proposals are with the government and, if approved, the civic body will be committed to provide the companies at least 3,000 MT of waste. Some other companies have made a presentation to convert accumulated waste at Mavallipura and Mandur into energy and their proposals are under consideration, Mr Murthy added.
Hoteliers in the city have agreed to start bio-gas plants at 100 major hotels to process kitchen and other green waste. Other initiatives like setting up 16 bio-methane plants in market areas will process wet waste generated by the markets. The BBMP has sought about 212 acres from the BMTC at different locations in the city in lieu of the bus stand land and other eight acres across the city, the mayor added.
The BBMP has also hit out at plastic selling and manufacturing units. Police have been requested to keep a tab at check posts on the inflow of polythene bags from neighbouring states, the mayor said. Non-government organisations and RWAs have been roped in to segregate dry and wet waste at
identified locations across the city. BBMP commissioner Rajeneesh Goel said that a notice will be sent to Ramky Infrastructure Limited (RIL) and Gayatri Srinivasa Resources and Recoveries for breach of contract. The companies have not scientifically managed the waste at the landfills they manage as stipulated in their contracts.
One company has proposed German technology to process the waste. An investment of Rs 48 lakh is required for setting up a plant that can treat one tonne of waste and convert it into 38 kg of bio-fuel.
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