THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Technopark's board of directors have decided to drop a proposal by the Confederation ofReal Estate Developers' Associations of India (Credai) to set up a garbage treatment plant on the campus and decided to call for an expression of interest to undertake the project, instead.
A year ago, the Technopark and Credai had verbally agreed on a collaboration to set up a four-way comprehensive waste disposal unit with bio-bins, biogas plants, plastic shredder units and an incinerator. Credai had, by way of example, submitted a project it had done at the Le Meridian Hotel in Kochi three years ago. Credai's clean city movement executive director Jose Joseph said he had not heard from the IT park authorities after submitting the proposal.
Credai had estimated the project cost at Rs 22 lakh, but the park authorities said the area chosen was a low-lying one which needed to be filled at an additional cost of Rs 25 lakh. "The board has decided to call for an expression of interest in September as Credai is a private organization and we do not want to be embroiled in questions as to how they bagged the contract
The work will be carried out in two phases. In phase I, 10 bio-bins and two plastic shredders will be installed. The cost of phase one is likely to be Rs 12 lakh," said a top Technopark official.
Meanwhile, Joseph said, "We realized that the government machinery works at its own pace. What we presented was a low-cost and effective waste management solution. We had emphasized source-level separation of bio-degradable waste, wet and dry waste, and those that can be recycled. But we refused to undertake civil works for the sorting shed as nokkukooli is often an issue in Thiruvananthapuram," he said.
At present, restaurateurs in Technopark pay Rs 200 a day to an external agency to collect food waste. The plastic is buried and paper waste is burned by park authorities within the premises.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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