Gzb’s first solid waste plant to start in October

On Aug 31, 2015

HAZIABAD: The first solid waste management plant in the city will become functional in October after missing its earlier deadline of July, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation officials said on Sunday.

Officials said that work had slowed down in the last few months due to the incessant rain. The plant, which is being built on a 12-acre plot in Pratap Vihar near NH-24, will have a capacity to treat 300 metric tones of solid waste everyday.

The plant is being built at a total cost of Rs 4.60 crore by Construction & Design Services (C&DS), which is the commercial wing of the UP Jal Nigam. The interim project was given the green signal by the corporation as a mitigation measure to dispose of municipal solid waste generated in the city even as the proposed 600 tonnes capacity treatment plant in Dundahera, where construction had started in 2005, continues to remain mired in legal tangles.

A six-member, high-powered committee headed by the Meerut divisional commissioner had cleared the proposal of funds for the plant in Pratap Vihar in Ghaziabad last year. The funds have been made available through the 13th Finance Commission, said officials.

Additional municipal commissioner D K Sinha said solid waste disposal has been a major problem plaguing the city.

“The plant being developed at present will provide temporary relief to residents as it would ensure garbage is not littered in open spaces

, but is disposed of scientifically. The technical roadmap of the project has been developed by C&DS in consultation with various stakeholders working in the field of solid waste management,” said Sinha.

A senior official of C&DS told TOI that the waste plant will be state-of-the-art and will be equipped with modern technologies. “Machines and equipment, including a platform, a weigh-bridge, a cyclone system, a trammel and a conveyor belt are being installed. The total amount of residues left after treatment would be around 30 to 40 tonnes, which will be compost-like material of different grades. The finest grade of residues can be utilized in green belts and parks. The coarser grade can be used to fill up low-lying areas,” said the official.