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Residents oppose waste treatment plant proposal

Monday, 15 March 2010 07:48 administrator
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The Hindu 15.03.2010

Residents oppose waste treatment plant proposal

Special Correspondent

Details of the project hidden from the public, alleges environmentalist

Kozhikode: The Kozhikode Corporation's proposal to set up a sewage plant near the Sarovaram Bio-Park will not be allowed, a meeting of local residents announced on Sunday.

A. Achyuthan, environmentalist, said at the meeting that the finer details of the project had been kept hidden from the public and it was undemocratic to execute a project without public debate.

Proper study

A proper study of the environmental impact should be done, he said. P. Kishenchand, Corporation councillor, said he had opposed it as a councillor since as the project cost was proposed to be met with funds from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). There were strong reasons to suspect corruption in the project, he added.

The resistance committee office-bearers said the region between Arayidathupalam and Eranhipalam will become inhospitable with the coming of the plant.

The pumping of recycled waste water into the Canoly Canal would cause floods during monsoon, they said.

Representatives of residents' associations said alternative methods for treating waste and waste water should be explored instead of bringing waste water (for treatment) to thickly populated areas.

There should be decentralised treatment, they said.

The meeting said residents explore legal options to defeat the Corporation move. Manjeri Sunderraj, social activist, presided over the meeting.

Last Updated on Monday, 15 March 2010 07:50
 

On Waste-pickers’ Day, CEPT prof urges AMC to ensure workers’ safety

Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:26 administrator
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Indian Express 11.03.2010

On Waste-pickers’ Day, CEPT prof urges AMC to ensure workers’ safety

Express News Service Tags : CEPT, amc, waste pickers day Posted: Thursday , Mar 11, 2010 at 0434 hrs

Ahmedabad: Professor C N Roy of the Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT) today said the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) should spend money on hazardless picking of waste.

He reasoned waste-pickers shored up 300 tonnes of the total 2,400 tonnes of waste generated in the city and the money saved could be used for the purpose.

Addressing a conference of around 1,500 waste-pickers of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to mark Waste-pickers’ Day, Prof Roy said the AMC should use the money saved for providing waste-pickers safety equipment to prevent them from occupational hazards. The day is observed throughout the country under the Alliance of the Waste-pickers’ Network (AWAN) of which SEWA is a member. “Waste-pickers should also be given an identity for their work,” he said.

Waste-pickers from different areas, including Amraiwadi, Rakhiyal, Hatkeshwar, Gomtipur, Vasna, Odhav and Vadaj, presented their problems while Manali Shah of SEWA elaborated the objective of the meet.

Social researcher Prof Ghanshyam Shah, chief guest on the occasion, emphasised that the work of door-to-door collection should be given only to traditional waste-pickers and their cooperatives.

He also said the corporation should involve waste-pickers as an integral part of the solid waste management process.

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2010 10:32
 

Pimpri civic body gets 57 acres more for waste processing

Thursday, 04 March 2010 11:05 administrator
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Indian Express 04.03.2010

Pimpri civic body gets 57 acres more for waste processing

Express News Service Tags : civic, waste processing Posted: Thursday , Mar 04, 2010 at 0403 hrs

Pune: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) despite having 80 acres of garbage depot at Moshi has been permitted to have another 57 acres of land for waste processing and management by the state government. The PCMC will be implementing new waste disposal project on this 57 acres of land.

 

When the dumping of garbage at Urali is still a hot topic of discussion, the PCMC officials are saying that this plan is to have a waste processing and management site rather than another garbage dumping ground.

 

To decide on the land to be used for dumping the waste was to be done by December 2002, and to begin the project, the time PCMC had was till December 2003. It was then when the municipal corporation had finalised 57 acres of land at Punavale in survey number 24. Most of this land is actually owned by the state forest department.

 

But, in February 2005, this proposal was rejected by the standing committee and the corporation had to send the proposal to the state government. The decision of the state government only came last month and the corporation was informed that the standing committee decision was cancelled.

K Nagkumar, Chief of the Medical and health department said, "We will implement an environment friendly waste processing and management project at the site."

 

The PCMC now has to spend around 2.6 crore on land acquisition but the project will be funded by the Union government.

 
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