This corporation of Delhi became a big example in garbage disposal, prepared fertilizer worth Rs 25 lakh from garbage!
New Delhi. These days, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (South MCD) is doing a great job in dealing with the garbage problem. During the last 6 months, SDMC has done a unique job of converting 7 lakh kg of wet garbage into 1 lakh kg of organic compost in just 2 wards. Making this fertilizer has helped SDMC in garbage disposal. At the same time, an amount of about Rs 7,00,000 spent on garbage loading has also been saved. According to the market, the price of this fertilizer has been estimated at around ₹ 25,00,000.
Let us tell you that SDMC’s Ward no. 5 TDP capacity aerobic compost plants located in Tagore Garden and Ward No. 9 Subhash Nagar were established. So far, an expenditure of ₹ 1,00,000 has been incurred on these two plants, while MCD has prepared fertilizer worth about ₹ 25,00,000 from these plants and has also disposed of 7,00,000 kg of wet garbage in 6 months. This garbage is disposed of in the same area instead of going to the landfill site.
This compost was distributed to the horticulture department of Southern Corporation, schools and RWAs.
Today on Saturday, 10,000 kg of organic manure was given to the Horticulture Department from the compost plant of Tagore Garden and Subhash Nagar. So far it has been used in 156 parks and will now be used in more parks. On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner Rahul Singh, Nodal Officer of Swachh Bharat Mission Rajeev Jain and other senior officers of the corporation were present.
On this occasion, Swachh Bharat Mission Nodal Officer Rajiv Jain said that this is the lowest cost compost plant in Delhi. Here, to make organic manure, some soil and old manure is mixed with the waste and this manure is prepared in different modules like drum composter, mesh boxes of different sizes.
Nodal officer Jain said that it takes only three weeks to make compost. At present, separate separation of wet and dry waste is being done in all the 29 wards of the western region.
Jain told that if the price of organic fertilizer is calculated at the rate of Rs 25 per kg, then its total cost comes to Rs 25 lakh whereas the cost of construction of the entire compost plant is only Rs 1 lakh. Which shows that it is an economical option for disposal of organic waste.
Deputy Commissioner Rahul Singh appreciated the project. Only through such plants will we be able to reduce the burden on landfill sites. In the last six months, we have reduced 7,00,000 kg of waste from landfill sites. We have saved Rs 7 lakh on transportation of garbage from homes to landfill sites.
These efforts are environment friendly and are also proving helpful in reducing garbage. He said that organic manure will also be distributed free of cost to the citizens so that they can be motivated to separate the garbage into dry and wet garbage.
