BHUBANESWAR: The
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has approached two technical
institutes- IIT Bhubaneswar and KIIT University- in the city for bio-mining
survey at Bhuasuni dump yard.
According to the sources, the civic body has written to the institutes to
involve their departments concerned to carry out the study to determine the
character and exact quantity of waste piled up in the dump yard. Officials said
that the survey will also help the civic body to know the quality of ground
water in the area. They said that the consultants would also be roped in to
suggest methods need to be adopted for bio mining.
Post criticism from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for its failure to ensure proper implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 in urban local bodies, the corporation decided to implement the project.
The non-biodegradable and non-recyclable waste will be used to generate by-products, while the biodegradable waste will be converted into organic manure. As per sources, over nine lakh tonnes of waste has been piled up at Bhuasuni dump yard in last one decade.
The civic
body has decided to invest around Rs 63 crore for the project. Around 1,250 tonnes
waste will be processed at the dump yard everyday through bio mining for which
five processing units will be set up.