Vaporising household waste to create clean energy could solve two of humanity's biggest environmental problems at once. But is "gasification" as green as it sounds?
Units with a capacity of 1, 2, 5 and 10 tonnes per day would be ideal for the urban local bodies in the country. These units can also be made to work in the rural areas for handling agro-waste.
Over 1 lakh people residing in and around Vasco could face a major epidemic, with the main PWD water pipeline heavily corroded and submerged in sewage water at Zari-Zuarinagar in Sancoale.
More alarming is the fact that despite the issue being brought to the notice of various authorities, nothing much has been achieved except for passing the buck by one authority to another.
Participants in a seminar on Monday stressed the need for utilising huge quantity of household wastes produced in the Rajshahi city everyday.
Household wastes can be turned in assets such as gas and fertiliser by properly utilising them, they told the seminar held at Nagar Bhaban in the city.
Work is yet to begin, even though government has given nod
Though the State Government has reportedly agreed in principle to allocate adequate funds to desilt and concretise the Tirunelveli, Kodagan, Arugankulam and Palayam irrigation channels, all passing through the corporation limits to provide succour to thousands of people, the work is yet to commence.
Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the most neglected aspects of India's environment and the recent Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 have made it mandatory for the administrative authority of any area to undertake responsibility for all activities relating to municipal solid waste management (MSWM).
