PANJIM: The Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) has commissioned a pre-treatment unit for bio-methanation plant or organic waste management facility behind Heera petrol pump, Panjim.
The CCP has signed an agreement with the Pune-based Blue Planet Yasasu Solutions Pvt Ltd, who will operate the plant. The agreement was signed last year.
Speaking to O Heraldo, an official of the plant said that wet garbage is brought from the city area, crushed and put in the digesters and finally manure is prepared.
“After crushing, the wet garbage is put into the digesters. There are two crushers and four digesters. In the future, we will prepare Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) from the garbage. The plant has been set up but we are waiting for permission from authorities. The capacity of the plant is to crush 15 tonnes every day but we have not reached full capacity yet. CCP generates a heavy quantity of garbage but we have a capacity of only 15 tonnes,” he said.
The official further said, “The digesters are run in shifts. After the garbage is treated in the digesters, manure is manufactured. The manure will be to be given to CCP Fertiliser Plant situated at Patto-Panjim. However, we have not received NOC for that. We do not have a trade licence yet. The process has started partly. We bring bacteria and the garbage is processed.”
Meanwhile, the ordinary meeting of the CCP has been convened in the Corporation hall, Panjim at 4 pm on Wednesday, January 17. The meeting has been called after three months and agenda comprises as many as 30 points.
The meeting is likely to approve execution of agreement for pay parking phase III as CCP is implementing pay parking in the capital city in a staggered manner. It is also likely to approve a proposal to provide parking slots for senior citizens.
