The Hindu      21.07.2016

Municipalities to market manure

Good deal:Municipal Administration Department officials have signed an agreement with MFL and Essel Infraprojects for marketing manure.— Photo: G.Krishnaswamy

As part of giving a fillip to Union Government’s Swachh Bharat programme, the Municipal Administration department has entered into a tripartite agreement with Madras Fertilizers Limited and Essel Infraprojects Limited for selling manure produced from its waste-to-energy centres in various places.

At Tambaram Municipality, Municipal Engineer V. Murugesan, MFL’s General Manager (Marketing) T. Paul Premkumar and Essel’s Assistant General Manager-MSW Ramakrishna Sudhakar signed a pact for sale of manure procured from Venkatamangalam. Similarly, Pallavaram municipal commissioner K Sivakumar signed the pact on Wednesday.

Essel’s Pallavapuram and Tambaram MSW Private Limited handles about 220 tonnes of manure from Pallavaram, Tambaram, Sembakkam and Pammal municipalities.

Mr. Premkumar said that Rs. 1,500 per tonne was being allowed as Market Development Assistance by the Union Government, which the company was willing to share with farmers. The manure collected from Venkatamangalam would be made available for the farmers from Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Vellore, and Tiruvannamalai districts. “Market development assistance would lower thee MRP of city compost for farmers,” said official sources.