WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024
Team Herald
PANJIM: The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) will soon be setting up 12 bio-digesters, with a total capacity of 5,025 kg per day, across the city, to process waste in a decentralised manner.
The Corporation will execute the project through a tie-up with Flycatchers Technology LLP for which funding will be through the Finance Commission.
The first bio-digester unit will be installed at the Kadamba bus stand whereas the other places include Mala Lake composting sheds, CCP site, Goa Reserve Police at Altinho, Cine National Theatre , Rose Garden, NIWS Ground Caranzalem, Campal Ground, CCP animal shelter site at St Inez, Police Headquarters and Government Polytechnic Campus.
As per details shared with the media, each plant capacity varies from 150 kg per day to 500 kg per day.
The project is part of the Innovation Clean Technologies (ICT) programme initiated by the Centre’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT). The biomethanation system converts waste into biogas, which can be utilised for domestic or commercial cooking.
