The Hindu 26.08.2014
Waste to energy plant likely by Jan 2015
A waste-to-energy plant where power supply is generated from garbage is likely to be commissioned by January 2015.
The
plant in Venkatamangalam is expected to significantly reduce the strain
on open spaces in some of the bigger urban pockets in the city’s
southern suburbs such as Tambaram and Pallavaram by preventing dumping
of garbage and its subsequent burning.
“Municipalities,
not just in the city suburbs, but all over Tamil Nadu have been asked
to adopt ‘reduce, recycle and reuse’ models while handling various types
of wastes,” said B. Chandrakant Kamble, commissioner of municipal
administration
.
At the waste-to-energy plant in Venkatamangalam,
around 15 km from Tambaram, the non-incineration facility will produce
power from solid waste generated in Tambaram and Pallavaram
municipalities. The project, spread over a 50-acre site at
Venkatamangalam, is being executed under a public-private partnership on
a design, build, operate and transfer scheme, Mr. Kamble added.
The
plant, which was scheduled for completion by mid-2014, is expected to
generate three megawatts of power every hour. “To reduce solid waste
filling up dumping yards, Tambaram municipality has launched source
segregation of wastes in 157 locations in 10 wards,” said a municipal
official.
The municipal administration department has
introduced three-coloured recycle bins in red, green and silver in a
few localities, to make it easier for residents to pitch in to protect
the environment. Each bin could be filled with 700 kilograms of waste.
“People
have to choose the silver bin to dump non-degradable waste, red for
bio-medical waste and green for food waste. This would make the job
easier for municipal staff to take the energy-generating materials alone
to Venkatamangalam,” the official added.
