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The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority is likely to commission 50 per cent of the solid waste segregation project for the city soon.
Supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Rs 170-crore Kolkata Solid Waste Management Improvement Project was launched in 2008 and was slated to be completed by early 2012.
According to the detailed project report, the city’s waste would be collected and sent to the common bio-degradable waste segregation stations under six municipalities in Hooghly district. The waste transfer centres are to be set up in Chamdani, Baidyabati, Serampore, Rishra, Konnagar and Uttarpara municipalities.
“We expect to make the project functional at least in three municipalities by January next year,” Mr Vivek Bharadwaj, Chief Executive Officer of KMDA, said on the sidelines of a seminar on reuse of plastic waste here on Wednesday. By January, 2013, the project should be operational at Konnagar, Bidyabati and Uttarpara, Mr Bharadwaj added. After the segregation of bio-degradable waste, the non-biodegradable waste would be transferred to the only regional waste management centre at Biadyabati, a KMDA official involved in the project, said. This regional centre would be spread over 51 acres of land.
The project also involves improvement of the roads connecting the six transfer stations, the official added. A feasibility study has already been conducted in this regard.
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