Governor inaugurates 2nd MRF-cum-Garbage Transfer Station at Chandigarh
Chandigarh, July 22:- Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today inaugurated the second Material Recovery Facility – cum – Garbage Transfer Station at Industrial Area, Phase I, Chandigarh in the presence of Sh. Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor, Chandigarh and other senior officers of Administration and MCC.
While addressing the gathering after inauguration of the Station, the Governor appreciated the efforts of Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. and Municipal Corporation Chandigarh for strengthening the Solid Waste Management in city. He said that with the availability of these MRF stations the MCC can reduce the rush of garbage collection at single point, i.e. in dadumajra and the with the MRF facility the segregation system of dry and wet waste will be strengthened.
The Governor said that the MCC has planed to set up waste to energy plant at Dadumajra, which seems to be a good step in processing the garbage generated in the city. He said these facility stations aims at reducing the time and cost involved in collection and transfer of waste too besides generating income by recovering the reusable and recyclable waste.
Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma said on the occasion that door to door waste collection vehicles will bring 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 will be 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 will be 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.
Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC-cum-CEO, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. said that waste from Sector 1, 2, 3,4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, Part 61 will be brought to MRF cum Garbage transfer station at Industrial area Phase I, Chandigarh.
He further said that the MRF stations will further be equipped with parking facilities and vehicle washing facilities. These will be monitored through 20 CCTV cameras. Each transfer station will have Material Recovery Facility cum Transfer Stations with 2 Conveyer Belts for each station, Industrial Shed, 3 Weigh Bridge, one Wash System, CCTV, Mechanical equipment for volume reduction of waste to one fifth of original volumes and 9 truck loaded capsules to carry compacted waste to Processing Plant / Composting plant site. The total project is being implement through two contract packages one for civil and one for Mechanical works.
Earlier, the Governor and other dignitaries planted saplings of ornamental trees in the compound area of MRF Station.
The other officers who were present during the inaugural programme were Sh. Vijay. N. Zade, IAS, Finance Secretary, Sh. Mandeep Singh Brar, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Mahesh Inder Singh Siddhu, Senior Deputy Mayor, Smt. Farmila, Deputy Mayor, Sh. Shakti Parkash Devshali, area councillor, Sh. Devinder Singh Babla, leader of opposition in MC House, Sh. Bharat Kumar, Chairman, Sanitation Committee, MCC, other councillors and officers of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
