Dear Akalpita, I am interested in the design of the project at Delhi. Can some one help at Delhi. regards Col Shivraj 210 Munirka Vihar New Delhi-110067 Phone: +91-9810433842
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:30 AM, adarshvardhan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > FYI Please > ---------------------- > Dear All > > this is just a reminder of what we had decided to do in national > convention, and the follow-up decided. > > Akalpita > > Bio-gas plant > Biogas plant is an innovative idea which took birth in our national > institute BARC, to stop menace from monkeys and stray dogs. It was decided > to use the canteen waste to generate bio gas. It is the idea on which Dr. S. > P. Kale worked and is working relentlessly. > > This utilizes the wet waste from the households as also from farms, > canteens, restaurants, hotels, food and beverage industries. > > It is very important from the point of view of national development to > install the biogas plants in the municipal and corporation areas in the > city. This is because (1) One can locate the plant very near to the place > where the waste is generated. This avoids transportation of waste as also > saves the transportation cost which is may be 10 times more and recurring > than the cost of a plant. (2) Segregation of waste can generate funds for > the municipality. (3) Very small area (may be about 1/10 th or less) is > required compared to that required for dumping ground. As an idea of order > of magnitude, about 500sq m is required for 1 ton biogas plant as against > acres of land for dumping ground. (4) Since the waste gets digested > immediately, it does not decay resulting in decrease in health hazards like > diseases caused by pathogens. (5) Reduces the menace of stray dogs, cats and > rodents living on the dumping ground, getting infected and causing a > nuisance as also hazard to the society. > > We at BM think that these are good enough reasons for the municipalities > and corporations to install biogas plants. The gas available can be put to > fruitful use. The manure can enrich the farm lands, again saving us from the > poisons of fertilisers or pesticides, the added bonuses. > > As a first initiative, we want to take up the matter to Mumbai Municipal > authorities and make Mumbai free of garbage and clean and green as the > municipality envisages. > > We would like to invite all the likeminded people from different NGO's who > are interested in sustainable development of human kind and taking the issue > related to Waste Management and Bio-Gas generation to the concerned > authority in BMC. The meeting is on July 19th 2009, 5 PM at > > C -3/4, Suman Nagar, Chembur, Mumbai -71 > > If you are interested in having further talk about this issue you can > contact > > Dr. Akalpita Paranjpe on +91 93222 64815 > > [email protected] <akalpitap%40gmail.com> > > >
