Chandigarh team visits Ujjain, see floral waste and bio-methanation plants
Chandigarh, September 11:- A team of councillors of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation led by Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor and accompanied by Senior Deputy Mayor, Deputy Mayor and 21 councillors today visited the “Pushpkunj” floral waste plant and Bio-methanation Plant at Ujjain, MP.
The Chandigarh team was welcomed by city Mayor Sh. Mukesh Tatwal who briefed them about the best practices at Ujjain city including bio-methanation plant having capacity of 5TPD which generates 300 units/day electricity and 1.5 TPD compost per day. He said that all the major mandies and societies of the city are geo mapped and connected to the ICCC. The plant utilizes biodegradable waste, mostly from the nearby vegetable market and the adjacent colonies and converts them into biogas and be run through gas generators to produce electricity.
While explaining about the floral waste plant, the Mayor of Ujjain briefed the Chandigarh team that having capacity of 3 TPD with merely Rs. 18 lakh investment, the plant had started in 2019 which is having manpower of 11 employees generating revenue of 1.5 lacs monthly. He said that the huge quantities of this floral waste generated every day in the temple town Ujjain had earlier posed significant challenges of disposal for authorities but with the support of Mahakal Mandir Samiti the floral waste is now being processed and ‘incense sticks’ and herbal color are being produced.
The Chandigarh team led by the Mayor appreciated the projects and expressed that possibilities will be explored to replicate the same at Chandigarh also.
