In an effort to revive the project to collect and process construction and debris waste, a team of Coimbatore Corporation officials will visit Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Confirming the visit, a senior officer in the Corporation said the objective was to study how the Amdavad Municipal Corporation processed its debris, the efficiency of the plant there, the financial arrangement the local body had made and a few other aspects.
The team would visit Ahmedabad because it had received information the Gujarat city was doing well in processing debris.
Meeting held
The move comes close on the heels of the Corporation holding a meeting with builders' association, CREDAI, Coimbatore, to explore the possibility of reviving the project.
The Corporation had earlier proposed the construction and debris waste processing plant. It secured the government's approval, floated tender and also awarded the contract to the lowest bidder.
But the failure due to financial reasons of the contract-company to pay customs duty to take delivery of the imported machinery led to the ₹ 13 crore project getting stalled.
The Corporation had entered into an agreement with the company to provide land and bear the cost of delivering the debris.
The company was expected to process the debris and sell the finished product – paver blocks – to meet its operation and maintenace cost.
As the project did not take off, the Corporation had earmarked 17 places in the city for people to dump debris.
The objective was to stop the dumping of debris in and near water bodies.
