The Hindu 04.10.2013
DC seeks report on encroachments on Pachchanady dumping yard
Operator asked to make solid waste dumpyard more effective and eco-friendly
The Deputy Commissioner and administrator of Mangalore
City Corporation N. Prakash on Wednesday directed the town planning
officials of the corporation to submit a report within a week on the
encroachments on the land reserved for solid waste dumping yard and
compost plant at Pachchanady.
After inspecting the
plant and the yard, Mr. Prakash asked the officials to survey the land
and submit him the report with the sketch, according to a release from
the office of the Deputy Commissioner.
He directed
officials of the company operating and maintaining both the compost
plant and the sanitary land fill site to lay a pipeline from the plant
to the leachate treatment unit at the sanitary land fill site within 10
days. It was to make the leachate collected at the compost plant
directly flow to the treatment unit at the land fill site.
Now,
the leachate collected at the compost plant was being lifted to the
treatment unit using a cess pool (a machine mounted vehicle which sucks
leachate).
He asked them to install one more machine
at the plant, in addition to the existing one, for the speedy disposal
(converting to manure) of solid waste dumped at the plant. The machines
should be set up within a week. It was to prevent more accumulation of
solid waste at the plant, he said.
Mr. Prakash asked
the company officials to spray pesticides to control flies at the
compost plant and submit a report to this effect within three days, the
release said.
Plant saplings
He
directed the forest department officials to plant 3,000 fast growing
saplings on the borders of the land housing the compost plant.
