15 Aug 2019 | 05:47am IST
Saligao SWMF expansion to be completed within a year: Govt
Says the facility will cater to waste generated by panchayats and municipal councils from Pernem, Bicholim, Sattari and Bardez
PANJIM: The Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) at Saligao will cater the waste generated by village panchayats and municipal councils from talukas of Pernem, Bicholim, Sattari along with Bardez, once the facility expands its capacity of waste treatment from 100 tonnes per day to 250 tonnes per day.
The Government has set deadline of 2021 to achieve 100 percent segregation of waste at source in the State.
The State government in its compliance report on solid waste management submitted before National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said that at present the Saligao facility, handles waste generated from 27 panchayats from the coastal belt.
The State has initiated steps to enhance the treatment capacity of the said plant at Saligao from its existing 100 tonnes per day (TPD) to 250 tonnes per day and the expansion is scheduled to be completed within a period of 12 months and will cater to village panchayats and municipal councils from the talukas of Pernem, Bicholim, Sattari and Bardez.
The State has informed about its ongoing process of setting up 100-TPD Biodigestor facility at Bainguinim within 24 months to cater to village panchayats and municipal councils in Tiswadi and Ponda talukas.
A Biodigestor facility at Verna is also proposed to come up within a period of 16 months to cater to village panchayats and municipal councils in Mormugao and Salcete talukas.
The State has initiated to set up SWM facility at Cacora, Curchorem for treating 16-TPD biodegradable waste and 40-TPD non-biodegradable waste to cater to the village panchayats and municipal councils in Sanguem, Quepem, Canacona and Dharbandora talukas within 24 months.
The State informed that the municipal councils of Bicholim, Sanquelim, Pernem, Cuncolim, Margao and Quepem have already constructed sanitary landfill sites and the same are in operation.
Government said that so far it has achieved 85 percent segregation at urban local bodies and 30 percent segregation at village level. "We intend to achieve 100 percent segregation by 2021," the report mentioned.
