The Mayiladuthurai municipality will hereafter handle the solid waste management in a more efficient and effective manner, thanks to the setting up of the required infrastructure at an estimate of Rs. nine crore.
The municipality presently handles about 25 tonnes of garbage and this is dumped at its compost yard. The infrastructure, sanctioned under the ‘ solid waste special fund’ scheme, involves construction of bio methanisation plant, bio-mining unit, processing shed, wind-row platform, road facility within the compost yard for movement of vehicles and community kitchen shed.
S. Palanisamy, Collector, who inspected the compost yard, said that it would facilitate the Mayiladuthurai municipality to segregate the garbage and handle it effectively without accumulation.
The Collector said that it would also help avoid environmental pollution. N. Viswanathan, Municipal Commissioner, said that the compost yard would come up on an area of five acres. P. Jyothimani, Municipal Engineer, said that the bio-methanisation plant would go a long way in handling the vegetable waste and leftover food from hotels and restaurants. The bio-mining process would segregate the bio-degradable and non-degradable waste for effective handling. A similar facility was being provided at Nagapattinam municipality too, the Collector said.
