The Hindu 20.11.2010
Expert stresses systematic waste disposal
Singareni Collieries Company Ltd General Manager (Environment) S Mohan Rao addressing a State-level symposium on “Solid waste management” at Kothagudem in Khammam district on Friday. –
KHAMMAM: Systematic reduction and disposal of waste besides optimum utilisation of solid waste management technologies holds the key to protect the environment, said A. Subba Rao, Joint Chief Environmental Engineer of the AP Pollution Control Board (APPCB).
Symposium
Mr Rao, who is the in-charge zonal officer, APPCB, Zonal Office, Vijayawada, was speaking at a State-level symposium on “Solid waste management” organised by the department of chemistry, Singareni Collieries Women's Degree College in Kothagudem on Friday. In his inaugural address, Mr Rao said the solid waste production witnessed a multi-fold increase from six million tonnes per annum in 1947 to 42 million tonnes now in the country. This has in turn posed grave environmental hazards threatening the eco-system and serious ramifications for public health, he said.
Surat in Gujarat bore the brunt of plague devastation in 1994, he said and added that Surat subsequently emerged as a healthy city by following prudent municipal solid waste management techniques with the active participation of people.
Adoption of modern technologies like generation of electricity from waste would help check environmental pollution and save the earth, he remarked. The remaining speakers dwelt on various aspects of solid wastes, their generation and disposal, newer technologies in the field of environmental monitoring and restoration besides conversion of waste to wealth.
Singareni Education Society secretary C Simhachalam, SCCL General Manager (Environment) S Mohan Rao, college principal M Kamala Rani, noted science writer C. Krishna Kumari, environmental engineer, APPCB, regional office, Kothagudem, M. Nagarjuna and others spoke.
A souvenir on “Paryavarana Parirakshana – Samarthavanthanga Vyarthala Viniyogam” was released on the occasion.
