The Korba Municipal Corporation (KMC) will be installing an 'Organic Waste Converter System' with a capacity of handling 400 Kg of waste per day.
The system would also comprise a Double Shredder and a Peleting Machine, official stated. Organic waste converter systems are widely used in developed nations and in India’s metropolitan cities.
A total of nine cities selected under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Mission are set to receive a major infrastructural facelift.
Notably, Korba is among the cities chosen under AMRUT Mission in Chhattisgarh which are—Raipur, Durg, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Ambikapur and Jagdalpur.
The first high-level meeting of the management committee formed under AMRUT Mission chaired by Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand was held in Naya Raipur recently to discuss ways to develop infrastructure and bring about improvement in citizens services in the cities.
AMRUT Mission Director Dr Rohit Yadav had informed in the meeting that elaborate action plan would also be prepared for improvement of drinking water supply, sewerage and drainage lines in the selected cities under the Mission.
He informed that the cities would be provided better public transport, parking facilities and new centres would be established for recreation and development of new parks and green zones would be taken up.
Yadav said that the Chhattisgarh government would receive `290.25 crore for implementation of the AMRUT Mission.
He said that the State government and civic bodies would also contribute necessary finances for the transformation of cities.
For development of Raipur city, one third funding for the implementation of AMRUT Mission would be received from the Centre while two thirds of the funding would be made by the State government and the civic bodies.
In rest of the eight cities, the Centre would provide 50 per cent funding while the rest of the funds would be made available together by the State government and the civic bodies, he said.
Notably, Chhattisgarh is set to witness total convergence of three major and highly ambitious Centrally-sponsored urban development schemes in the days ahead.
As per a detailed note issued by the Union Urban Development Ministry, out of the 9 states under consideration, there is total convergence of housing, AMRUT and Smart City Missions in respect of Chhattisgarh (2 smart and 9 Amrut cities), Jammu & Kashmir (1 and 3), Kerala (1 and 7), MP (7 and 32), Odisha (2 and 9), Rajasthan (4 and 28), Telangana (2 and 11).
This in effect means, 25 of the 26 smart cities in these 9 states are also covered under AMRUT and Housing missions as well and 123 AMRUT cities under housing mission, it stated.
Meanwhile, on July 30 this year, the State Urban Administration and Development Minister Amar Agrawal had stated that although the Central Government would allocate two 'Smart Cities' to Chhattisgarh, the State Government has decided to develop all the other 11 municipal Corporations-run cities on the pattern of 'Smart Cities'.
The infrastructure will be upgraded, convenient transport will be provided, people's participation, good governance, health and education, e-Governance, healthy environment, adequate drinking water facilities, waste disposal management and sanitation and low-cost housing for poor are some of the proposals to develop the other 'Smart Cities', he said.
The Centre had launched 'Amrut Mission' in 500 towns whose population is above one lakh. The Mission will benefit Chhattisgarh also, Agrawal said.
Chhattisgarh has ‘waste to energy’ power generation potential of 24 MW as per the assessment made in the 2014-15 annual report of Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE).
As per the report, renewable energy has been witnessing over 20 per cent growth during the last five years in the country. From the total renewable power installed capacity of 14,400 MW at the beginning of 2009, it has reached a capacity of 33,791 MW at the end of December 2014, it stated.
Wind energy continues to dominate India’s renewable energy industry accounting for over 66 per cent of installed capacity (22,465 MW), followed by biomass power (4,165 MW), small hydro power (3,991 MW), solar power (3,063 MW) and Urban & Industrial Waste 107.5 MW. In terms of electricity generation, the renewable power installed capacity is generating around 70 billion units per year, the report pointed out.
Incidentally, the processing of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) on a cluster basis while adopting 'Waste to Energy Technology' for three cities would soon be implemented in Chhattisgarh.
The project is proposed to be undertaken through public- private participation (PPP) model on a Design, Finance, Build , Operate and Transfer (DFBOT) basis, officials stated.