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Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004
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Industry & Economy
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Environment Kochi Corpn to set up 100-t waste plant V. Sajeev Kumar
Kochi , June 15 THE Kochi Corporation will soon set up a mechanical composting plant at the nearby Brahmapuram as part of its solid waste management programme for the city. The 100-tonne capacity plant will have the facility to treat 50 tonnes each with two modular units of biodegradable waste per day. The corporation in this regard is considering a proposal submitted by the Bangalore-based Geonomic BT using the technology of the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) for the proposed plant at Brahmapuram. The firm had suggested the setting up of mechanical compost production plant capable of treating 250 tonnes waste per day. It had also suggested setting up of vermi-compost plant of 100 tonnes processing capacity, officials said here. Considering the amount of actual waste generated in the city every day, the expert committee appointed by the Corporation on solid waste management had recommended that two mechanical compost plants each capable of processing 50 tonnes of waste each be set up. The committee was of the view that the total volume of biodegradable waste generated in Kochi would not exceed 100 tonnes per day. The committee also considered the bitter experience of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, which had to face the public wrath after the private group that set up a plant at Vilappilsala refused to operate the plant citing insufficient supply of waste. It has suggested that a study should be carried out to analyse the performance of the Villappilsala plant before giving approval for the proposed plant at Kochi. This suggestion was given after experts said that both the plants have adopted the "aerobic decomposition windrow" method for treatment. Moreover, the majority of the proposals mooted for the Brahmapuram plant were found to be similar to that of Vilappilsala plant.
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