The Times of India 09.12.2010
Credit-hungry MCD to step up its green drive
NEW DELHI: After winning laurels for earning carbon credits, MCD is making a concerted effort to intensify its green drive. The civic body, on Wednesday, announced a host of environment-friendly initiatives like water harvesting in schools, offices and municipal buildings, provision of solar water heaters in hospitals and CFL lights for streetlightings.
The civic body said it will also expand further its different projects to generate power and gas from waste and garbage treatment units.
MCD Commissioner K S Mehra: “We have earned carbon credits worth Rs 5 lakh against net carbon emission reduction by making the Okhla compost plan functional. This is the first for any municipal solid waste management project in the country.” He added that as part of its green initiatives the MCD is going to start a Rs 12 crore `gobar’ (cowdung) treatment plant at Kakrola in Najafgarh to process 100 tonnes of dung everyday to generate 200 kilowatt energy.
To generate power from waste, three plants at Okhla and Timarpur (16MW), Ghazipur (10MW) and Narela Bawana road (36MW) have been proposed. The commissioner said that the MCD is already running waste processing plants in in Burari and Narela. MCD also plans to develop another sanitary landfill site at Bhatti mines.
The new civic center building has been constructed as a green building, which uses 25% less electricity. According to MCD, solar water heaters have already been installed in four major hospitals Kasturba, SDN, Girdhari Lal Hospital and Hindu Rao Hospital. “This will help us save Rs 6.8 lakh per month for each hospital building. We also plan to install more solar heaters in MCD hospitals which include the ones in Timarpur, Kalkaji, Tilak Nagar and Lajpat Nagar.”
To save water, water harvesting projects have been initiated in municipal buildings, schools and offices. “About 78 such projects have been completed, 271 have been taken up. We plan to start re-using waste water by introducing a dual piping system for waterbodies at Shahdara, Roshnara Garden and Naini Lake, which are at development stages,” said an MCD official. He said that more than 500 waterless urinals have been constructed in the city, which will help save water.
The civic body said it will also expand further its different projects to generate power and gas from waste and garbage treatment units.
MCD Commissioner K S Mehra: “We have earned carbon credits worth Rs 5 lakh against net carbon emission reduction by making the Okhla compost plan functional. This is the first for any municipal solid waste management project in the country.” He added that as part of its green initiatives the MCD is going to start a Rs 12 crore `gobar’ (cowdung) treatment plant at Kakrola in Najafgarh to process 100 tonnes of dung everyday to generate 200 kilowatt energy.
To generate power from waste, three plants at Okhla and Timarpur (16MW), Ghazipur (10MW) and Narela Bawana road (36MW) have been proposed. The commissioner said that the MCD is already running waste processing plants in in Burari and Narela. MCD also plans to develop another sanitary landfill site at Bhatti mines.
The new civic center building has been constructed as a green building, which uses 25% less electricity. According to MCD, solar water heaters have already been installed in four major hospitals Kasturba, SDN, Girdhari Lal Hospital and Hindu Rao Hospital. “This will help us save Rs 6.8 lakh per month for each hospital building. We also plan to install more solar heaters in MCD hospitals which include the ones in Timarpur, Kalkaji, Tilak Nagar and Lajpat Nagar.”
To save water, water harvesting projects have been initiated in municipal buildings, schools and offices. “About 78 such projects have been completed, 271 have been taken up. We plan to start re-using waste water by introducing a dual piping system for waterbodies at Shahdara, Roshnara Garden and Naini Lake, which are at development stages,” said an MCD official. He said that more than 500 waterless urinals have been constructed in the city, which will help save water.
