CHENNAI: In a bid to preserve ground water besides providing a solution to waste dumped for more than a decade, a firm is planning to set up integrated solid waste management facilities in municipal corporations across Tamil Nadu, including Chennai and Tambaram, on a public-private partnership mode.Talking to Express on the sidelines of Municipalika Making Cities Work, AAPL Infra Private Limited Environment Engineering Division head of finance S Suyampirakasam said they have plans ready for Rs 150 crore Integrated Solid Waste Management facility in six municipal corporations including Thoothkudi, Salem, Dindigul, Pollachi, Sivaganga and Rajapalayam besides initiating discussions on Chennai and Tambaram.Interestingly, the firm already has begun work on Rs 25-crore project in Ramaianpatti in Tirunelveli. “We are spending Rs 15 crore and Tirunelveli Corporation is spending Rs 10 crore on project divided into four zones, which includes landfilling, refuse devised fuel plant, scientific enclosure and an ecopark. The integrated solid waste management plants would also be able to generate electricity from the processed waste, a source said.Suyampirakasam said the highlight of the project is the scientific closure where the waste dumped for a decade and which can’t be recycled is being processed and kept under earth. “This ensures that latchet, the liquid generated from the waste, does not pollute the water table. It is collected in a separate tank and treated. We also ensure that there is no generation of methane which is burnt in the atmosphere,” he said and added, “We are also treating 150 metric tonnes of waste which is being generated into biomanure and biofuel, whi-ch has 3,600 calorific value and is cheaper than coal.”
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