The Hindu 09.12.2013
Civic body plans to buy two mini incinerators
Engineering wing to conduct feasibility study
The City Corporation has asked its engineering wing to
conduct a feasibility study on buying two mini incinerators to address
the garbage management problem in the city. The move to procure two more
incinerators comes close on the heels of the council deciding to set up
similar facilities at the Chala and Palayam markets
The
Health standing committee that met here on Saturday discussed the
proposal. “We are taking a cautious approach on incinerators taking into
account the past experience. The Public Works engineering wing has been
asked to conduct a feasibility study,” said a civic body official.
It
is also reliably learnt that the Hotel and Restaurants Association has
offered to sponsor an incinerator having a capacity to process 150 kg of
waste an hour.
“We held preliminary discussions with the representatives of the body. We are working on the modalities,” the official said.
Health
standing committee chairperson S. Pushpalatha said the civic body was
awaiting approval from the Suchitwa Mission to set up biogas plants in
27 locations in the city. The engineering wing was looking into certain
anomalies in the project report. The 27 locations where 1,000 kg/day
capacity plants will come up include markets at Thirumala, Kamaleshwaram
and Jagathy wards. Pattom St. Mary’s School, Peroorkada GHSS and
Vizhinjam LPS are among the 15 schools listed.
An outlay of Rs.2.35 crore is estimated, adding on to the Rs.4 crore for the 41 locations finalised last month.