The Times of India 14.08.2012
Biogas waste plants on government office premises soon
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The
city corporation is zeroing in on vacant government office premises at
Pattom to set up biogas plants after the residents associations had
complained of space restraints. As a first step, the corporation will
kick start the programme with the installation of a new biogas plant at the Government Model Girls Higher Secondary School at Pattom on Tuesday.
Subsequently, biogas plants will come up at traffic police stations and
public service commission office premises. “We are also planning a
plant at Medical College junction and on the premises of one more office
at Pattom which is currently owned by the corporation. Managing the
waste had been a major issue here and it got worsened as many of the
houses lacked enough space to accommodate a biogas plant,” said Pattom
councilor K Murukesan.
Once the plants are installed on the
selected office premises, trained Kudumbasree workers will be employed
to collect the waste on a daily basis from the neighbouring households.
They will also be entrusted with the responsibility of the maintenance
of the biogas plants. The corporation will hold talks with the residents
associations to fix the wages to be paid to the Kudumbasree workers.
The project is being implemented with the cooperation of the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Programme ( KSUDP).
The plant to be installed at the Pattom school will have a capacity to
process 150kg of waste every day. “The capacities of other plants to be
installed in the coming days will be fixed in accordance with the
requirement of residents.
With the plants becoming fully
functional, the local residents will be self-reliant in terms of waste
management. In addition to this small quantities of waste generated from
various offices can also be processed,” said a corporation official.
The corporation will carry out the scheme at a cost of Rs 25-30 lakh.
“Depending on the capacities, there will be slight variations in the
amount required for the installation. We are planning a mega-capacity
plant at Medical College junction which can be used by neighbouring
hotels as well. All they have to do is to fix a decent amount which has
to be paid on a monthly basis to the Kudumbasree workers,” the official
added. The installation of bio-gas plant at Pattom will be inaugurated
by mayor K Chandrika.
city corporation is zeroing in on vacant government office premises at
Pattom to set up biogas plants after the residents associations had
complained of space restraints. As a first step, the corporation will
kick start the programme with the installation of a new biogas plant at the Government Model Girls Higher Secondary School at Pattom on Tuesday.
Subsequently, biogas plants will come up at traffic police stations and
public service commission office premises. “We are also planning a
plant at Medical College junction and on the premises of one more office
at Pattom which is currently owned by the corporation. Managing the
waste had been a major issue here and it got worsened as many of the
houses lacked enough space to accommodate a biogas plant,” said Pattom
councilor K Murukesan.
Once the plants are installed on the
selected office premises, trained Kudumbasree workers will be employed
to collect the waste on a daily basis from the neighbouring households.
They will also be entrusted with the responsibility of the maintenance
of the biogas plants. The corporation will hold talks with the residents
associations to fix the wages to be paid to the Kudumbasree workers.
The project is being implemented with the cooperation of the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Programme ( KSUDP).
The plant to be installed at the Pattom school will have a capacity to
process 150kg of waste every day. “The capacities of other plants to be
installed in the coming days will be fixed in accordance with the
requirement of residents.
With the plants becoming fully
functional, the local residents will be self-reliant in terms of waste
management. In addition to this small quantities of waste generated from
various offices can also be processed,” said a corporation official.
The corporation will carry out the scheme at a cost of Rs 25-30 lakh.
“Depending on the capacities, there will be slight variations in the
amount required for the installation. We are planning a mega-capacity
plant at Medical College junction which can be used by neighbouring
hotels as well. All they have to do is to fix a decent amount which has
to be paid on a monthly basis to the Kudumbasree workers,” the official
added. The installation of bio-gas plant at Pattom will be inaugurated
by mayor K Chandrika.