Mangaluru: With Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) get a nod from the state government to use bio-mining to cleanse the inheritance waste in the TPA in Pacchanady, urban local bodies are ready to start the project.
“The Country Cabinet has approved the project to clear the waste through bio-mining, with the estimated cost of RS 73 Crore.
We have invited a tender to start the project with an estimated cost of RS 53 Crore.
This project is expected to be completed in four years,” said Commissioner MCC Akshy Sridhar, Adding that the project will resolve the garbage crisis in Pachanady.
Landslides in the City TPA in August 2019 have damaged nearly 14 hectares of land of horticulture and private, and nearly 27 families were evacuated.
According to the estimation carried out by experts, TPA in Pachanady, spread across 78 hectares, has almost 10 lakh tons of inheritance waste.
50 meter-high waste stack covering around two square kilmak TPA.
After the trashage tragedy, the High Court has also taken MCC assignments because it does not clean the waste in TPA.
After this, City Corporation discussed various methods for cleaning the inheritance waste accumulated in TPA, and completing bio-mining technology.
Meanwhile, City Corporation has built a seven-meter high concrete wall to prevent garbage shear, build a tank to prevent leachate flow to the river, and has also proposed a Lindi processing plant.
Akshy Sridhar said the proposed bio-mining project to cleanse the inheritance waste from Pachanady was in the tender stage.
Official sources say that through the bio-mining process, waste is treated with biological organisms after separation.
While biodegradable waste is converted into organic fertilizer, the material that can be used again separated to be recycled.
The project is expected to generate an additional income of almost Rs 23 Crore per year, through manure sales, said source.