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Work on leachate treatment plant soon

Monday, 17 August 2009 06:38 administrator
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The Hindu - Kerala 17.08.2009

Work on leachate treatment plant soon

Staff Reporter

A long-standing demand of the people of Vilappilsala

 

Project estimated to cost Rs.1.25 crore

Plant to be built by Pune-based company

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The much-awaited leachate treatment plant is expected to come up at the Vilappilsala garbage treatment plant in a year or so with the City Corporation awarding the work order for building the plant to a Pune-based company.

Corporation officials said here on Saturday that the work was expected to begin soon after Onam.

The Rs.1.25-crore project is being taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. Leachate from accumulated garbage will be collected in tanks, recycled in an oxidation plant and diverted to the processing plant.

The City Corporation has been under mounting pressure to set up the plant after the Vilappil grama panchayat petitioned M.R. Hariharan Nair, Ombudsman for Local Self-Government Institutions, saying that the leachate was polluting waterbodies in the locality, such as the Meenambally canal, a tributary of the Karamana river.

Mr. Hariharan Nair, who visited the treatment plant, directed the Corporation authorities to take immediate steps to plug the discharge and expedite work to set up the leachate treatment plant.

G.R. Anil, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Health of the Corporation, said that following the Ombudsman’s direction, the Corporation dug five soak pits to provide a natural land filter for the leachate. The pits were dug on the recommendations of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board.

Mr. Anil said the Corporation had initiated steps to clean and de-silt the canal with the cooperation of the grama panchayat.

Air-tight vans

The Corporation is planning to buy 10 air-tight garbage vans to transport solid waste to the Vilappilsala treatment plant.

“The tender has been finalised and it will be placed before the next council for approval. Initially, we will be purchasing 10 air-tight vans to transport market waste,” Mr. Anil said.

Corporation Health Officer D. Sreekumar said the modified design for a Rs.7-crore sanitary landfill at the garbage treatment plant had been approved. The design was changed on the recommendations of the Pollution Control Board.

The tender for the work would be floated soon. Mr. Sreekumar said the accumulated garbage at the Vilappilsala treatment plant was being capped.

Last Updated on Monday, 17 August 2009 06:39
 

Corp to get Rs 80 cr for waste management

Saturday, 15 August 2009 09:52 administrator
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The New Indian Express 15.08.2009

Corp to get Rs 80 cr for waste management
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KOCHI: In an attempt to save the face of Kochi Corporation which failed to implement many of the projects designed under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) due to financial constraints, the State Government has decided to grant Rs 80 crore for acquiring land for the augmentation of Brahmapuram Solid Waste Treatment Plant. Once the land acquisition is completed, the Kochi Corporation will be able to upgrade the Brahmapuram plant to cater to the demands of the evergrowing city.

Speaking at a press conference in Kochi on Friday, Mayor Mercy Williams said that the Corporation had already submitted a plan to set up an e-waste and plastic waste treatment plant at the Brahmapuram plant. “We appraised Minister for Local Self Government Paloli Mohammedkutty of the problems faced by us in implementing various projects under the JNNURM, including the waste management projects. And the Minister, in consultation with Finance Minister Thomas Isaac, decided to allot Rs 80 crore for acquiring 45 acres of land adjacent to the 63 acres of land where the existing plant is located,’’ the Mayor said. Implementation of many of the projects under the JNNURM had to be set aside as there were no provision under the scheme for allotting funds for land acquisition.

“Now there will be 108 acres of land at Brahmapuram for setting up various projects for waste treatment. The 45-acres will be in the government’s possession and leased out to the Corporation. With this we will be able to ensure a comprehensive waste management project for the city,’’ she said.

 

Corporation gets Rs. 80 crore to acquire Brahmapuram land

Saturday, 15 August 2009 07:03 administrator
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The Hindu - Kerala 15.08.2009

Corporation gets Rs. 80 crore to acquire Brahmapuram land

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Corporation can now possess the remaining 45.30 acres

Land can be utilised for setting up RDF plant and plastic recycling plant

Corporation seeks services of senior IAS officer for coordinating projects

KOCHI: The State government has allotted Rs. 80 crore to the Kochi Corporation to acquire the rest of the land required for further expanding the operation of its solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram.

Mayor Mercy Williams said that this has removed the sole problem of shortage of funds that was impeding the Corporation’s plan to acquire the remaining 45.30 acres of land out of the 100 acres on which the project was originally conceived.

The government will acquire the land as its property and lease it out to the Corporation, Ms. Williams told a press conference here on Friday. This, the Mayor said, had relieved the local body from the burden of taking a loan. She said that the period of lease would be known only on the issue of the government order.

She expected similar assistance from the State government for the various road development projects conceived by the Corporation.

At present the plant at Brahmapuram was operating on 63.96 acres. Though the plant had been operating for more than one year, the Corporation was constantly asked by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), under which the project was approved, as to why the rest of the land had not been acquired, Ms. Williams said.

She said that the Corporation plans to utilise the acquired land for various other waste management projects like the setting up a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) plant and plastic recycling plant.

Ms. Williams said that the Corporation had sought the assistance of the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) on projects to treat medical and e-waste. An environmental engineer’s office would be created and it would operate out of the Corporation office to conceive similar projects for waste treatment with the assistance of the CDIA. The Mayor said that the corporation had received Expression of Interest from three companies for the operation of its waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram.

Ms. Williams said that further meetings were required at the State government level before the Corporation could go ahead with its project to launch bus service using air-conditioned low floor buses.

She said that the Corporation had requested the State government to allot the service of a senior IAS officer for inter departmental coordination needed for the implementation of its various projects. T.K. Jose, the managing director of Roads and Bridges Corporation, was familiar with the various projects of the Corporation and hoped the government would appoint him as special officer, she said.

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 August 2009 07:04
 
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