NBCC gets waste disposal order

The corporation will also set up a vermicompost plant

The National Building Construction Corporation Ltd, a central government enterprise engaged in construction engineering and consultancy services, has bagged a Rs 11.77 crore order for waste disposal management in Madhya Pradesh.

The company, according to a state government spokesperson, will manage civic solid waste in Gwalior and set up a bio-fertiliser plant of 100 tonnes and a vermicompost plant of 20 tonnes.

"The company has got the contract and has been given Rs 9.60 crore from the central government fund," said the spokesperson.

To avoid accidents due to bird-aeroplane collision, the Central sector scheme of solid waste management and drainage is being implemented in 10 towns with airfields, namely Gwalior; Ambala; Hindon and Bareilly (UP); Jodhpur, Tezpur (Assam); Dundigal (AP); Sirsa (Haryana); Adampur (Punjab); and Pune.

The Gwalior project is likely to be completed by 2007. Gwalior, according to the Gwalior Municipal Corporation data, produces 266 tonnes of solid waste (including 4 tonnes of bio medical waste) per day.

"Plans are afoot to float tenders for setting up a bio-medical facility in the town," said the spokesperson.

A 25-hectare land has been identified for setting up a waste disposal site. This will be the second waste management site. The first is being developed near Indore by Ramki International, a Hyderabad-based company, to manage hazardous waste.

At present corporate houses transport the solid waste of their plants to two privately managed hazardous waste disposal sites.

The Gwalior Municipal Corporation has been asked to launch a public campaign for solid waste management so that the waste could be collected at identified points of the city.

"Littering in public places has already been banned in Gwalior and solid waste is collected through various modes," the spokesperson said.