Nagpur:- The State Department of Public Works (PWD) has begun the construction of two smart compost projects at government quarters, Ravi Nagar. The plan is to produce an 850 quarter compost and the leaf litter produced in the colony from kitchen waste. It will be the first of its kind town project and a blueprint for other townships and flat schemes.
PWD has resumed work at a few of its projects after stopping due to lockdown for over 50 days. PWD superintendent engineer Vidyadhar Sardeshmukh said to, “Works have begun on two compost schemes. The extension and concretization phase of the new construction works of Inner Ring Road and District Court also began. “Executive engineer JH Bhanuse said,” PWD has proposed two more smart compost projects at SRPF Colony, Hingna, and Police Line Takli quarters.
They will be state-of-the-art systems along the lines of one built under the Swachh Bharat Mission at Bandra. “Some residents of government quarters in Ravi Nagar are worried about the initiative. Junior engineer Vidya Lanjewar said the project would have no smell or any problem.
One is being developed for 392 quarters of old colony adjacent to Ambazari police station and the other is adjacent to the overhead water tank for 458 quarters of a new colony. Our vehicles must go home, gathering waste from the kitchen.
Leaves dropping from the trees of the colony will be gathered, too. “Those go straight into the tanks. There will be no residual dumping. I had visited the Bandra project personally and was replicating it here, “she said.
The programs can be scaled up in years to come. They will solve a major problem of the unscientific garbage disposal and will be a model of waste capital. The operator of PWD will produce and sell compost, and will also generate revenue.
