For quick disposal of solid waste, which has remained a challenge, the Chhattisgarh government has sought help from Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai.
Under the ‘Mission Clean City’, for studying the quick compost making process, a team of officers from State Urban Development Authority (SUDA) recently visited BARC, officials informed.
Notably, BARC which is a premier multi-disciplinary Nuclear Research Centre of India, has successfully carried out numerous research related to compost production from solid waste. This premier institution has carried out research in producing electricity from waste, CNG and cooking gas from garbage.
SUDA officials informed that a team of scientists from BARC will soon visit Raipur and will give a presentation to top administrative officials in this regard. Notably, State Government has covered 158 towns under the Mission Clean City under which door-to-door garbage collection will be performed so that environment could be kept clean.
According to officials, the wet and dry garbage are separated and treated accordingly. Then compost is produced from the wet garbage while dry waste is sent for recycling purpose.
Notably, SUDA in Chhattisgarh is in the process of preparing a Master Plan for implementation of Solid Waste Management Project in all the 168 Urban local Bodies (UlBs) of Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
It will also get a feasibility study and Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared for all UlBs in the State.
Meanwhile , it may be recalled that top brains currently being nurtured in the country’s premier business and technology schools will soon get assignments to prepare urban development plans for civic bodies in Chhattisgarh.
The Chhattisgarh Urban Administration and Development Department has decided to invite interns comprising mainly students and researchers from renowned institutions like IITs and IIMs who would help in preparing better plans for management of water supply, low cost housing, sewerage management, solid waste management, poverty eradication, study of various State and Central schemes related to vehicular traffic management in urban areas.
Moreover, as per official information released during May this year, under the AMRUT Mission the nine municipal corporations- Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai, Korba, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh, Jagdalpur and Ambikapur- have been selected wherein ‘Shahar Sandhan Yojna’ (City Research Scheme) will be launched.
The scheme is aimed at utilizing the educational knowledge of students and researchers in better development of cities, officials said.
SUDA has already issued directives to all nine Municipal Corporations in this regard.
The students in final year of graduation or post graduation studying Engineering, Management, Town Planning, Environment, Technology or Social Studies will be eligible for carrying out the studies. The research scholars can also take part in the studies in various municipal corporations.
Notably the Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) would soon be setting up an Organic Waste Converter ( OWC ) for conversion of organic waste generated daily in the vegetable markets in the city.The waste collected would be converted into organic manure. Notably, 100 per cent door-to-door collection and waste segregation would be taken up as per RMC’s ‘Smart City’ plans.
It may be recalled that last month, the Chhattisgarh Government decided to establish composite production unit in vegetable markets of cities across the State for manufacturing organic fertilizer using fruits and vegetables.
SUDA has issued directives to all 168 urban bodies to send information about the vegetable markets in respective areas, where significant amount of fruit-vegetable waste is found.
Commissioners of Municipal Corporations and Chief Municipal Officers of Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats have been instructed to send information within three days.
It is noteworthy that Agriculture Department will set up composite production units in market.
Notably, in February this year, the Chhattisgarh Government had decided to set up a ‘Waste to Energy’ power generation plant in Durg district.
The Government intends to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) administration for jointly taking up the project, officials had informed.
The project is proposed to be undertaken under ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’ under the Government’s solid waste management project.
The proposed ‘Waste to Energy’ plant would utilise waste generated from municipal corporations of Bhilai, Durg, Bhilai-Charoda, two municipal councils mainly Jamul and Kumhari and three Nagar Panchayats mainly Utai, Patan and Gunderdehi.
