MCC to set up waste-to-energy plant soon

MYSURU: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to follow the Goa model plan of dealing with the waste – converting the solid waste in to source of energy. Though the waste management plants in the city including the Vidyaranyapuram Sewage Farm are working at full capacity, the graph of the garbage generated in the city is not coming down.

DG Nagaraj, civic agency’s health officer said that the Goa Waste Management Corporation transformed 110 metric tonnes of garbage into 9 Mega Watt (MW) of power that is subsequently supplied to the grid and it has been working over the past two years.

Nagraj further said that Mysuru generates 450 tonnes of garbage on daily basis. The state government has directed municipal bodies of three states- Mysuru, Mangaluru and Hubballi-Dharwad to submit feasibility reports for the establishment of waste to energy plant in respective cities.
“We are planning on setting up a plant that can process and transform 500 metric tonnes of waste to power under a Public Private Partnership (PPP)model,” said Nagraj MCC has discussed the project with officials of the urban development report and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB).“We are awaiting clearance from the state government, and KSPCB. We will decide on how to proceed once the project obtains the necessary approvals,” said Nagaraj.