Adviser visits C&D Waste Plant, Garbage Process Plant & MRF Station
Chandigarh, March 7:- Sh. Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today visited various big projects of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh including Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste plant at Industrial Area Phase-I, Material Recovery Facility Station, 3 BRD, Legacy Mining and Garbage Processing Plant, Dadumajra and Aerobic Composting system at Rose Garden, Sector 16, Chandigarh.
He was accompanied by Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and other senior officers of MCC. The Commissioner apprised the Adviser that the work at C&D waste plant consists processing of construction and demolition waste & manufacturing of PCC products to be used for pavements, road work, fencing work etc. Processing plant accepts all cement, construction demolition waste except steel up to the size 1-1.5 feet which is being processed by crushing and washing in four type of aggregates i.e. sand, 10mm Bajri, 20mm Bajri, and 40mm Bajri.
He said that such aggregates are being utilized further for making cement concrete products including PCC kerb, PCC channel, PCC tiles, Paver block, cement concrete works, bollards etc.; Public health works i.e. PCC road gully covers, PCC manhole covers etc.; Horticulture works i.e. PCC benches, CC tree and various road sub base works.
The Adviser asked the Commissioner to enhance the capacity of the plant to accept C&D waste from outskirts also.
After that the Adviser visited Material Recovery Facility Centre at 3 BRD where the Commissioner apprised him about the functioning of the centre. He said that the project is one of the component of the comprehensive Solid Waste Management System as per SWM Rules, 2016, which aims at reducing the time and cost involved in collection and transfer of waste two besides generating income by recovering the reusable and recyclable waste.
The Commissioner said that door to door waste collection vehicles brings segregated waste i.e. dry & wet waste in different compartments at the Material Recovery Facility which is having dedicated space for sorting of recoverable dry waste into different categories like paper, card, recyclable plastics, glass bottles, metal etc, Dry waste left after recovery of recyclable materials are being compacted in huge compactors to compost plant located in Sector 25, Daddumajra, Chandigarh. Weigh bridges have been provided for measurement of dry and wet waste within the Material Recovery Facility.
He said that MRF facility is equipped with hopper- tippers and compactor capsules for transfer of waste from smaller (3.2 cum) vehicles to 20 cum capsules where the waste is being compacted to one fifth of the original volume. The volume reduction will save cost of transportation of waste and space required for disposal of waste.
The Adviser further visited Legacy mining project at dumping site and Garbage processing plant at Dadumajra. He reviewed the Solid waste management system in Chandigarh where he was briefed by the Commissioner about waste collection, transportation and disposal of MSW. He was briefed about detailed methodology and steps taken by the MCC for collection and disposal of municipal solid waste.
After visiting the RDF plant the Adviser visited the compost plant and took stock of method of making compost from wet garbage. He said that the compost prepared in the compost plant from wet garbage is of good quality and can be utilized in gardens and agriculture purpose as well.
He also visited Rose Garden, Sector 16 to see the Aerobic Compost pits over there, where he was briefed about the phases of compost preparation from drive leaves and horticulture waste. The Adviser asked the Chief Engineer, Chandigarh Administration for provision of such Aerobic compost pits to dispose off the horticulture waste generated by the horticulture wing of Chandigarh Administration.
