Mysore: Jan. 16:

Mysore, after gaining recognition as the country’s second cleanest city and the most sought after destination of south India by the foreign tourists, is poised to become a pollution-free city too, devoid of carbon in its atmosphere.

To attain this objective, Sweden has come forward to provide its technical know-how and funding through a Swedish private company. As the first step of this project, the Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has launched global e-tender process to launch the project on a Private Public Partnership (PPP) basis to install a bio-gas plant in the city. The project is estimated to cost Rs. 50 crore. After getting the project approved at the MCC Council, the project proposal will be sent for final approval to the State Government, MCC Commissioner K.S. Raikar told SOM recently.

A team of technical experts from Eskilstuna in Sweden will be arriving in city to identify a suitable location for the bio-gas plant, said Raikar, adding that the proj-ect needs to get the government approval before the team’s arrival. Completion time of the proj-ect is expected to be June 2012.

The gas generated from the biogas plant using all the wastes of the city will be used as fuel for the MCC vehicles and later for the KSRTC buses. Once completed, the project will be doubly beneficial to the city — the garbage will be disposed off and alternative fuel for running government vehicles will be produced.

According to statistics provided by the project’s technical officer Shanthala, about three lakh cubits of biogas can be produced from 6,600 tonnes of garbage which will be drenched in water and treated in the plant.

The biogas produced from 20 rotting banana peels can produce enough biogas for a car to run a kilometer, said Shanthala and one litre oil can be obtained from one kg of plastics. More than 1,500 units of energy can be generated from 2,500 tonnes of compost, she said.

source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / General News / by Kiran Kumar / January 16th, 2012