The waste collected from Nagar Nigam area and further treated to form compost and bio-manure would finally be consumed by industrial unit of Yog guru Swami Ramdev. An MoU has been signed between Patanjali food and herbal park ltd and KRl waste management company hired by the municipal corporation though the rates are yet to be decided.
The company claims that the settlement of the rate shall be little less than the market rate of bio-manure priced at `12 per kg.
On an average, 200 metric tonnes of solid waste is generated from the 30 wards of the district which rises to 300 metric tonnes per day during fairs and fests. In the year 2012, an agreement was signed between Nagar Nigam and KRl waste management company under which the company commissioned solid waste management treatment plant in village Sarai.
The waste treated to form manure was to be utilized or sold by the company which would soon see the light of the day. The work of the commissioning of the plant is nearing to completion and it is being said that the process of conversion of the waste into bio-manure shall begin from end of May.
Speaking to the Pioneer, incharge KRl waste management company said, “The officials of the Patanjali food and herbal park ltd had contacted us for the bio-manure. The rates have not been fixed yet.” Acharya Balkrishna of Patanjali yog peeth has affirmed about the mutual agreement. Out of the total waste collected, 75% of it would be used for conversion since segregation of plastic, glass and other non-bio material needs to be done too.
The project cost was estimated at a cost of 16.75 crores by the central government four years ago. Nagar Nigam purchased land in Village Sarai and the first installment of 2 crores was released in 2012, the second installment of the same amount in 2013 and third installment of 1 crore was released to the company with which the necessary equipments for collection of waste were purchased.
For the plant commissioning 10 crores 90 lakhs was to be sanctioned, but after the Modi government in 2015 the JNNURM scheme was scratched which resulted in delay of the project. Following this the National Green Tribunal asked the State Government to arrange funds on its own level.