Udupi CMC to go green in waste processing.

The Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) is giving priority to harnessing green technology to process the garbage generated by the city.

The civic body is setting up a biomethanation plant on about 10 cents of land at Beedinagudde. This plant will have a capacity to process two tonnes of biodegradable waste per day.

Udupi city generates about 56 tonnes of garbage per day on an average. Presently, this waste-load is being processed at the Solid Waste Management Plant on 22 acres of land in Alevoor village, about 8 km from Udupi.

The biomethanation plant will be set up a cost of Rs. 35 lakh. 'The tenders for this plant have been floated. The work will begin soon and is expected to be completed by June 2015. The plant will be fully operational by October 2015,' said M.K. Subramanya, Environmental Engineer of the CMC.


THE HINDU