Indian Express 9.09.2009
UT Admn directs MC, J P Associates to minimise stench at Dadumajra plant
The UT Administration has issued directions to the Municipal Corporation as well as J P Associates, the company managing the garbage processing plant in Dadumajra, on steps needed to be taken to contain the foul smell emanating from the plant. The directions have been issued following an interim report by the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee. Both have been given 15 days to act on the missive and report back.
J P Associates has been told to segregate carcasses from the garbage and hand them over to the MC for disposal. Vegetable waste should also be handed over to the MC for preparing compost, the Administration has said, besides directing the company to use inoculants on a daily basis to minimise the stench.
The company has been asked to explore the possibility of converting the present furnace at the plant into fluidised bed furnace, as recommended by the CPCC. It has to, also, submit a detailed design and specifications of the hot air generator and rotary dryer to the CPCC within seven days.
The directions further say that the civic body shall use bags of a specific colour, different from those meant for bio-medical waste, for collection of meat waste from different parts of the city. These should be transported in a separate vehicle and sent to the bio-methanation plant at the slaughter house for further processing.
