Dehradun: Waste management in cities is a challenging task in itself. Due to the increasing population, the production of garbage in cities is increasing day by day, due to which the municipal bodies are facing challenges ranging from cleanliness to environmental pollution. But two bodies of Uttarakhand have now shown a new path by starting electricity and fertilizer production from this garbage.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has asked the departments to plan development by balancing ecology and economy. In this sequence, Rudrapur Municipal Corporation and Mussoorie Municipality under the Urban Development Department have started generating electricity from garbage heaps under the Waste to Energy Policy. Rudrapur Municipal Corporation has also disposed of years old garbage heaps through this.
Rudrapur Municipal Corporation
Rudrapur Municipal Corporation, which has 40 wards, produces 105 to 118 metric tonnes of garbage every day. Earlier, a large amount of garbage used to lie on the dumping site for a long time without disposal. For this, the Municipal Corporation started work on the Waste to Energy Plant under the PPP model in November 2022. Which has now started producing organic manure along with electricity. The capacity of this plant is to dispose of 50 tonnes of garbage per day, currently this plant is able to use 30 tonnes of garbage per day. Due to which, along with six kilowatts of electricity daily, organic fertilizer named Kalyani is also being produced.
Mussoorie Municipality
Mussoorie Municipality has also started production from the Waste to Energy Plant from May this year. This plant of PPP mode has the capacity to dispose of eight tonnes of garbage per day, the municipality produces bio gas from this garbage, as well as organic manure is also being produced. With this, it has been possible to resolve the problem of garbage in a scientific way at a tourist place like Mussoorie.
The government has been emphasizing on creating a balance between ecology and economy from day one. Special attention is being given to the green economy. In this sequence, electricity is being generated from garbage in the bodies. For this, a waste to energy policy has also been prepared. We are committed to protecting the environment of Uttarakhand at all costs.
Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister
