In a major step to generate revenue from domestic waste, the Tiruchi City Corporation has decided to set up decentralised solid waste management at two places in the city on a pilot basis.
Intervening in the debate in the Tiruchi Corporation Council meeting held here on Wednesday on complaints raised by various councillors on poor garbage collection in the city, N.S. Prema, Commissioner, said that the Corporation had held in-depth discussion with officials and line departments to find ways and means to implement the decentralised solid waste management plan.
It was not only aimed at disposing the garbage collected in the respective areas but also to generate revenue from the garbage.
She said that she led a team to study the implementation of the project in Vellore Corporation recently.
The model could be implemented in Tiruchi to decentralise the garbage collection and safe disposal of it. It would avoid dumping of entire waste in Ariyamangalam dump yard, which is already facing several problems.
Ms. Prema said the scheme could be implemented in 75 locations in the city. It would be implemented in two places initially on pilot basis. Each site would cover 5,000 households in the nearby localities.
Self Help Group (SHG) members would be involved in collection of garbage from households and transport them to the site.
A mechanism would be found out to ensure proper collection of garbage.
Based on the success of the scheme, it would be expanded to other places.
She said that there was a plan to produce organic manure and vermi compost from the degradable waste. The non-degradable waste particularly polythene bags could be cut into small pieces for laying roads.
Similarly, biogas could be produced from the food waste, she said.
