July 6: Lakhs of families living in the vicinity of the Jawahar Nagar garbage dumping yard can finally hope to breathe some fresh air. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has asked Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited to complete the construction of the segregation and leachate treatment plants, compost units and scientific landfill facility sites within two months.
The GHMC commissioner, Mr M.T. Krishna Babu on Wednesday inspected the ongoing works on the Rs 897-crore integrated solid waste management project being executed by Ramky at the dumping yard and set the deadline for completion of four major components of the project. Currently the city’s garbage is neither segregated nor disposed scientifically. As a result of dumping untreated degradable and non-degradable waste at Jawahar Nagar, besides the air, the ground water too has got polluted.
Garbage segregation plant, leachate treatment plant and leachate sump, sorting plant, compost units and landfill sites are the main components of the project that will gradually put an end to air and ground water pollution besides allowing the segregation of garbage at least at the dumping yard if not at the door steps of citizens. The leachate treatment plant will suck out the liquids from the garbage, while the sorting plant will segregate materials that are harmful for environment, those that will be sent for recycling and to compost units. When contacted, the GHMC additional commissioner, health and sanitation, Mr S.K. Aleem Basha, who accompanied the commissioner on his inspection, confirmed that Ramky has to complete construction of segregation, leachate treatment plants, sorting and compost units besides the landfill site in the next two months.
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