The Hindu 21.05.2013
Municipality to invite tenders for capping waste at Vadavathoor
Won’t be able to finish work before the rains, says Opposition.
The monsoon is round the corner but the Kottayam Municipality is yet to make a headway in finding a long-lasting solution the waste accumulated at the dumping yard at Vadavathoor.
The Municipal council, at a meeting on Monday, decided to invite tenders for capping the garbage at the yard.
While the decision to cap the accumulated waste was taken over seven months ago, the municipality failed to make headway. The idea of employing the capping technique was made following public agitations against the apathy of the authorities towards the plight of the residents in the surrounding areas. The decision comes after the State government assured the local inhabitants of speedy solution.
It had been proposed to implement the project in association with the Suchitwa Mission. The project is expected to cost around Rs. 2 crore as per preliminary estimates. It would involve laying multiple layers of soil over the garbage that is accumulated within a certain area and consolidated. A fixed slope will be maintained to ensure the flow of liquid waste that will be collected by a treatment plant. In addition, pipes would be laid horizontally and vertically within the garbage mass in order to collect the naturally-formed methane gas that can be used for various uses, including lighting.
The council meet also decided to replicate the positive results attained by five other municipalities in the State that had implemented the method. Meanwhile, members of the opposition LDF front claimed that their views had not been considered while finalising the sub-committee that will oversee the project implementation. A few members pointed out that the tendering procedures would consume close to a month and the monsoon was likely to commence by then.
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few members pointed out that the tendering procedures would consume
close to a month and the monsoon was likely to commence by then.
