MCC panel held meeting to discuss carcasses centre
Chandigarh, August 1:- A meeting of sub Committee under the Chairmanship of Mrs. Asha Jaswal was held here today which was attended by other members of committee including Mrs Sunita Dhawan, Sh Rajesh Gupta, Sh Vinod Aggarwal, Dr Amritpal Singh MOH,MCC, Sh N.P.Sharma, GM/CSCL, Sh Amit Sharma, SDE, MOH, Dr M.S.Kamboj, SSH cum Convener and other concerned officers.
during the meeting detailed discussions held and the committee decided following points.
1.Mr Amit Sharma explained the technology and procedure to be used for incineration of carcasses.
2.There will be two incinerators, one for small animals and another for large animals of 50 kg/ hour and 300kg/ hour capacity respectively. These will run on LPG .There will be primary and secondary chambers. The carcasses will be incinerated at a very high temperature. There will be a chimney of 30 metre height for smoke.Wet scrubber will be there for dissolving the ash and effluent treatment plant for water treatment. The real time data will be sent to Pollution Control Committee/Board.
3.Sh N.P.Sharma informed that there will also be a provision of cold storage to avoid putrefaction of carcass.
4.Dr Kamboj informed the members that presently the dead animals are lifted by hired contractor and these are flayed in open for skin and bones.This method is not environment friendly and against the norms of Biomedical Waste Rules, 1998.
The members discussed options of land for incineration plant in the city like Industrial area, Maloya,Manimajra etc. Dr Kamboj informed that this type of activity is required to be at least 10 km away from airport and its funnel zone.
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Sh. N.P. Sharma informed that the ash generated after incineration is to be deposited in the landfill which is nearby.This will avoid undue transportation costs.
The members were of the view to visit Nashik in Maharashtra at an early where this facility exists with Municipal Corporation. It was proposed by the Chairperson that Mrs Farmila Councillor shall also accompany the Committee to Nashik to see the facility.
The members visited the earmarked site in Sec 25( W) after the meeting.
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