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.
A
few members pointed out that the tendering procedures would consume
close to a month and the monsoon was likely to commence by then.