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Clean, green city by 2030

Thursday, 30 March 2017 10:32 administrator
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The Hindu       30.03.2017 

Clean, green city by 2030

Deputy Mayor Varghese Kandamkulathy presenting the Corporation Budget.  

Rs. 100 crore for waste management in Thrissur Corporation Budget

The burning issue of waste management in the city topped the priority list of the Thrissur Corporation Budget presented on Wednesday.

‘Poverty-free, zero-waste, green and safe city by 2030’ was the slogan of the budget presented by Deputy Mayor Varghese Kandamkulathy. Mayor Ajitha Jayarajan presided over.

An amount of Rs. 100 crore was earmarked for waste management. Another Rs. 5 crore will be earmarked for making the city green.

Sports complex at Lalur

A sports complex at Lalur, which was the waste dump of the city, has found place in the budget. A decision in this regard had already been taken after discussions with the government recently.

A touch screen facility will be installed at the Corporation office to know the progress of the applications and complaints. Birth and death registrations will go online from May 1.

Paying of taxes will go online from October. A CCTV network will be installed at corporation offices.

While drinking water projects got Rs. 45 crore, renovation of bus stands received Rs. 66 crore. An amount of Rs. 10 crore is earmarked for developing Sakthan Nagar and Rs. 50 lakh for IT-based industries.

Various junctions, including Ikkanda Warrier, Aswani, Patturaikkal and Chembukkavu, will be developed. Flyovers will be constructed at Punkunnam, Peringavu, Ikkanda Warrier Junction, Fatima Nagar Junction, and Aswani Junction.

Subways envisaged

Subways will be constructed near Mission Hospital, Mother Hospital, Metro Hospital, and Thekke Gopura Nada. Foot overbridges will be built at Sakthan bus stand, North bus stand, St. Thomas College Road, and railway station road.

A new road will be constructed from Puzhakkal Sobha City to Mannuthy NH 47 Junction.

The overbridge at Divanji Corner will be completed in six months. There is a project for new bund road from Vanchikulam to Chettupuzha Bridge.

M.G. Road and Sankarayyar Road will be widened and parking facilities will be improved.

Projects will be planned to attract tourists. There will be schemes for the development of marginalised communities.

 

Illegal slaughterhouses closed down in Ranchi

Thursday, 30 March 2017 05:49 administrator
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The New Indian Express        30.03.2017 

Illegal slaughterhouses closed down in Ranchi

RANCHI: Many illegal slaughterhouses were closed down in Ranchi on Thursday as the 72 hours ultimatum ended today.

“Who will employ me at this age? We will leave this work if the government provides us jobs,” Sarwar Ali,  an illegal slaughterhouse owner told ANI.

The Jharkhand Government earlier on Monday issued an order for closure of all illegal slaughterhouses in the state within 72 hours.

The government’s decision came on the heels of a demand by right wing organizations including Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM), Bajrang Das and Jharkhand Gau Raksha Dal, for a blanket ban on slaughterhouses.
 
Jharkhand Urban Development Minister C.P. Singh earlier on Tuesday also wrote letter to the Chief Minister Raghubar Das appealing to shut down the illegal slaughter houses.


 
The move came at a time when the state of Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a ban on illegal slaughterhouses.
 

BBMP looks to bury the RDF threat

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 00:00 administrator
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The Hindu       29.03.2017   

BBMP looks to bury the RDF threat

Plan to sell 20,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel to cement companies fails due to transportation cost

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which is at a loss to dispose of 20,000 tonnes of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) accumulated at all the eight compost-based waste processing plants, now wants to bury the entire stock in an abandoned stone quarry in the city and cap it with mud.

The decision comes in the wake of the BBMP’s failure to get cement factories in Kalaburagi to lift the RDF pile and the two recent fires at Chigarenahalli and Kannahalli compost plants, which caused much damage to the plants and the surrounding villagers. RDF, which is the residue of various types of waste that is shredded and removed of all moisture, can be used to fuel incinerators in cement factories and is highly combustible. As the temperature rises, these massive piles of RDF are a huge fire security risk, one that cement factories are unwilling to take. “Stocking RDF at the compost-based waste processing plants is also a risk to infrastructure worth several hundred crores. We have now decided to bury the entire pile underground in a quarry and [cap it with mud],” said Sarfaraz Khan, Joint Commissioner, Solid Waste Management, BBMP.

By capping the combustible RDF with mud, the threat of a fire will be mitigated. Mr. Khan added that villagers living around the quarry will also not face any odour-related issues. Moreover, the buried RDF cache can be retrieved any day, once the cement factories come around and are ready to lift it. But it is unlikely that the factories will be willing to pay for the transport. With the nearest cement factory at Kalaburagi, nearly 600 km from the city, cement factories are asking for Rs. 2,500 as transportation fee for a tonne of RDF. This would mean a total of around Rs. 5 crore — an amount the BBMP is not ready to shell out. However, Mr. Khan said added that even if the BBMP was prepared to pay the transportation cost, cement factories were facing a slump post-demonetisation and unwilling to take the RDF.

Fires at plants

A massive fire broke out at the MSGP compost-plant in Chigarenahalli near Doddaballapur three days ago, and it took two days to be put out.

The fire was spread over several acres and more than 2,000 tonnes of RDF was burnt down, BBMP officials said.

“Huge piles of RDF at the plant is what is the biggest risk. We have protested several times demanding that it at least not be stocked at the plant, but [our voices] have fallen on deaf ears,”

said B.T. Raghavendra Prasad, a man who lives near the plant.

A fire broke out at the Kannahalli waste processing plant last weekend, even as the plant was being redone after it was almost gutted in a similar fire at the RDF pile last October.

 
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