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Hotel waste should be sent to bio gas plant: Pune municipal commissioner

Monday, 17 June 2013 12:02 administrator
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The Times of India                17.06.2013

Hotel waste should be sent to bio gas plant: Pune municipal commissioner

PUNE: Pune municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak has said the hotels owners should not throw their waste in the garbage containers, instead it should be provided to the local bio gas plants. The star hotels in the city should establish an internal system in the hotel to dispose of the waste, a statement issued by Pune municipal corporation (PMC) said.

Pathak was speaking in a meeting organised by the solid waste management department of the civic body. A review of solid waste management system and steps for better management were discussed at the meeting. The ward level official, members of non governmental organisations (NGO) were present for the meeting.

The statement added that Pathak also stressed on improving the process of garbage segregation and its transportation to the garbage processing units.

Pune generates nearly 1,300 tonne garbage everyday and the quantity is growing day by day as the population is increasing. Disposal of garbage is a burning issue due non-availability of disposal sites in the city. Currently, the city's garbage is being send to Uruli-Phursungi for disposal. However, local residents are opposing use of their land for disposal of garbage.

PMC has been taking ward level programmes for better management of the garbage disposal system. The civic body is running a pilot project in Katraj, called 'Nirmal Katraj, Dekhane Katraj', with the help of citizens, local corporators, NGOs and private firms. The PMC's long-term plan is to implement the project in all 152 civic panels across the city.

 

3 cannon shells in 1 week prompts PMC to alert waste collection staff

Saturday, 15 June 2013 10:48 administrator
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The Indian Express            15.06.2013 

3 cannon shells in 1 week prompts PMC to alert waste collection staff

As many as three cannon shells have been found in the city in the past one week, forcing Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to send an alert to all its civic staff involved in waste collection and transportation alongwith processing units across the city.

"Recovery of cannon shells from the waste is a serious issue and could have resulted in major accidents leading to human loss. The PMC staff have to be careful in such situation and with their alertness can avoid any untoward incident," said additional Municipal Commissioner Rajendra Jagtap.

He said that the civic staff have been asked to be on alert while handling waste and to also inform the authorities as soon as possible.

"The civic staff would be given instructions on how to handle any suspicious item found while handling waste. The processing unit will be asked to be careful when they find any suspicious item," said Deputy Municipal Commissioner Pramod Yadava.

On June 11, a cannon shell was found in the solid waste plant of Pune Municipal Corporation near Ramtekdi in Hadapsar industrial estate area. A team of Wanavdi police, the bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) and also Army personnel reached the spot on getting the information and checked the cannon shell. Sources said the cannon shell was manufactured 15 to 20 years back. It carried high explosive content and could have caused damage on explosion.

Police said that PMC's solid waste plant to generate electricity is operated on BOT basis by Rochem Separation Systems India Pvt Ltd. Employees Kanifnath Jadhav and Suryakant Manjare found the cannon shell while working in the garbage depot of the solid waste plant. Soon, the police were informed. The length of the cannon shell is one foot four inches, and diameter is five inches and weight about 10 kg.

On June 12, the police got information of another cannon shell found at Omni Active Health Technologies Private Limited in Hinjewadi. However, police said the cannon shell was actually found while construction work for a transformer was going on inside the company premises on June 8. A construction worker Bhimrao Navsupe (38), who found the cannon shell, informed the company staff about it but kept the cannon shell aside on the company premises. However, on reading the news reports about the cannon shell found in the PMC's solid waste plant at Ramtekdi, the company staff informed the Hinjewadi police station. Police said the length of this cannon shell is about 11 inches with a diameter of about three inches.

Similarly, on June 7 a cannon shell had been found while digging land for construction work near Sayaji Hotel in Hinjewadi. Some months ago, a shell was found in a garbage depot in the jurisdiction of Loni Kalbhor police station.

Inspector Parshuram Patil of Hinjewadi police station said, "It is important to inform the police about objects like cannon shells. We would be handing it to Army through proper procedure."

 

City Corporation offering free 'manure'

Saturday, 15 June 2013 10:36 administrator
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The New Indian Express            15.06.2013 

City Corporation offering free 'manure'

The vegetable remains and other organic wastes discarded at Chalai and other market places under the health circles of the City Corporation will soon enrich the farmlands in the city. The Corporation, in a novel initiative, will separate plastic and other hazardous waste from the garbage piles in these places, load it on to trucks and transport it to the locations where the ‘manure’ is required, provided the areas are located within a radius of 25 kilometres.

 Farmers need to do only this much, dial any of these four numbers: 9496434433, 9496434466, 9496434488 or 9496434492, and the City Corporation will transport for free the ‘organic manure.’

The calls will be received at the health wing of the Corporation and the trucks from the garage will set out to collect the separated waste and from there ply to the farmland.

 Albeit calling manure, it is not subjected to any processing and does not have the nature of compost.  Separation of the organic and inorganic materials will be done by the Corporation workers.

“Right now, waste materials from the areas where market wastes are dumped and from Chalai are going to be given as manure as more organic waste will be available there and separating the waste will be easier. The garbage on the roadsides and public places will continue to be treated as it is done now, by sprinkling inoculum,” said a health official.

 
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