Study revealing the mammoth waste that would be generated in Chennai in future is shocking!!
Posted on: 02/Sep/2023 9:25:22 AM
This is a shocker for the residents belonging to Chennai!!
It is now brought to light by a research study that the total waste that would be generated by GCC in 2040 might reach 11793 metric tonnes per day. It is learnt that this study was carried out as a part of the feasibility report prepared for establishing an Integrated Waste Management Facility at Madhavaram in Chennai. From the facility, a huge amount of Rs 5705 crores revenue would be generated over 20 years through the sale of electricity and value added products. These products include processed bottom ash, brick made from bottom ash and compost etc. Every day, Chennai generates about 6143 metric tonnes of waste now is a well known fact.
The GCC has now decided to scrap its earlier decision of setting up 2 separate facilities for dry waste and wet waste. The GCC has decided to go for just a single integrated facility and this was mainly due to the report.
Achieving financial neutrality:
As per the report, dry waste processing was profitable whereas the wet waste processing was incurring loss. It would be possible to achieve financial neutrality by combining these two. By the year 2025, 9735 metric tonnes of waste would be generated in Chennai city. Point to be noted is that the existing processing facilities could process only 3102 metric tonnes of waste. There would be a requirement of a facility to process an additional 6633 tonnes of waste.
Two phase implementation:
The establishment of an integrated waste management facility would be carried out in 2 phases. In phase 1ne, a 21MW power plant that generates electricity from waste plus a 1200 tonne capacity automated material recovery to process recyclable materials and a 550 tonne CNG plant. The sources have mentioned that the waste facility would be a PPP or public private partnership unit under DBFOT or design, build, finance, operate and transfer model.
The chief engineer SWM unit of GCC, Mr. N. Mahesan spoke about how legacy wastes in Perungudi and Kodungaiyur dump yards are being cleared through bio-mining. He added that wastes that are being sent to these 2 landfills should be reduced. More waste would be handled in the upcoming integrated facility and the processing capacity would be increased.
Information collected is that a proposal regarding establishing an integrated facility has been sent to TNIDB and after getting approval the proposal would be sent to govt for administrative sanction.
