Alternative site in three months,assures collector

Talks are on with a company that runs garbage treatment plants to enhance the present capacity of waste processing. “The existing ones have a capacity of 700 tonnes. We are finding out whether the company can increase the capacity by 550 tonnes which will address the total 1,250 metric tonnes of garbage generated in the city each day,” Dalvi said. “Even if we get 1,000 tonnes processed it will bring some relief and the remaining 250 tonnes can be handled within the city limits.”

Municipal authorities can make the arrangements as the garbage will have to be separated into dry and wet waste right from the door-to-door collection stage,he said. Dumpers will be covered and separate dumpers used for dry and wet waste. The wet waste can be of major use for several projects,he added.

On the capping of the dumping ground,which has been assured by the municipal authorities,he said a scientific method will be used with the help of the National Building Construction Company that will ready a methodology in three months.

“The detailed project report will be given by the NBCC and the villagers have agreed to this,” he said. The villagers were also offered the indigenous method of compressing the garbage and covering it with mud,but that was rejected as it was not deemed a long-term solution.

The villagers have also been assured a development fund; they have been asked to prepare a list of works in the village that have to be approved by the zilla parishad CEO and the district collector will review the project work.

“The villagers have demanded Rs 500 crore; we will grant funds according to the project requirement,” said the collector.