The Times of India 28.02.2013
Sonsoddo DPR scanned, submitted to Margao Municipal Council CO
MARGAO: The technical team
of the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) has concluded scrutinizing the
financial estimates contained in the detailed project report (DPR) of
the scientific capping of the Sonsoddo garbage
dump, which was submitted by consultant K R Gopalkrishnan earlier this
month. The report, along with the observations made by the technical
department, was forwarded to chief officer Sandhya Kamat on Wednesday
for necessary action.
Official sources said that the technical
team found some discrepancies in the Goa Schedule of Rates (GSR) based
on which the estimates were prepared in the DPR and also raised queries
over matters relating to computation of the estimates.
Kamat,
when contacted, said that she was yet to go through the report, but said
that the DPR will be placed before the council for its approval.
Sources said that once it is approved by the council, the DPR will be
forwarded to the PWD for obtaining technical sanction for the project
and simultaneously to the government for seeking financial approval.
Once that is done, the MMC will invite tenders for execution of the
project that is likely to take six months to one year for completion.
Sources in the know said that it will take at least over a month for the
modalities to be completed before tenders are invited for the project.
As per the estimates contained in the DPR, the scientific closure of
the garbage dump will cost the MMC 7.6 crore, while the operational and
maintenance cost of the capping will cost another 5.7 lakh per year.
The upgradation work at the site entails re-engineering of the
accumulated waste, development of appropriate slopes, and scientific
closure as per the Municipal Solid Waste (handling and management)
Rules, 2000. As per the DPR, the activity includes reengineered landfill
area with adequate slopes and leachate collection facilities, final
cover system, landfill gas management system, leachate collection and
treatment facility, storm water drainage facilities, green belt, access
road, environmental monitoring mechanism such as ground water monitoring
wells and air quality monitoring mechanisms.
The effective
area of the garbage dump to be capped is almost 15,000 sq m while the
effective volume of the garbage is nearly 1.6 lakh cubic m.
