This waste treatment plant has a gym, clinic & canteen Joaquim Fernandes <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Joaquim-Fernandes.cms>, TNN | Nov 21, 2014, 12.50AM IST inShare *Panaji:* Goa's largest garbage treatment plant (GTP) on the Calangute-Saligao hill, the foundation stone for which is being laid on Friday, promises to be a unique plant not only in Goa, but in entire India.
Sandeep Asolkar, technology consultant for the GTP which has a capacity of 100 tonnes per day, said the plant combines new technologies from three different countries; Canada, Germany and Netherlands. The drum composting is from Canada, the dry digestor technology for producing biogas is from Germany and the new organic extrusion (orex) technology is from the Netherlands. Asolkar said that the highlight of the plant is its dedication to health and hygiene. The entire treatment will be done in an enclosed shed with odour control systems, where odours will not be left into the atmosphere. The plant will have a very sophisticated effluent treatment system and not a drop of effluent will be discharged outside. The water will be recycled to use in the plant. "We are treating the garbage, the water and also the air," Asolkar said. Besides having an office, the plant will also have a canteen, gym, sleeping beds showers, changing rooms and a small clinic in case the 40 odd workers there need medical aid. Most of the workers will help at the first stage where the mixed garbage will be sorted into 20 different components to segregate the recyclable waste like metal, glass, plastics, etc. The mixed waste will then be segregated through the organic extrusion process into organic and non-organic waste. The organic waste will be taken to the anaerobic digestor which will produce methane gas for conversion to electricity. About 0.75MW of electricity is expected to be produced and this will be used to run the plant. Any surplus electricity will be used for street lighting. The sludge from the digestor will be taken for composting and the compost will be very good because it is made of pure organics, Asolkar said. The inorganic fraction will undergo different stages of segregation and inert material will be removed. The balance inorganics will be used as "refuse derivable fuel" (RDF) in cement plants. The Goa infrastructure development corporation (GSIDC) is executing the project through its contractor SMC Infrastructure private limited from Mumbai. SMC has won the contract to build two such plants; one each at Calangute and Cacora. While the foundation stone for the Calangute plant is being laid on Friday, the foundation stone for the Cacora plant will be laid in about two months. The Calangute plant is expected to be completed within one year. The contractor will invest the entire amount in building the plant and the government will pay back the contractor over 10 years. The contract amount for the Calangute plant is 146 crore. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/This-waste-treatment-plant-has-a-gym-clinic-canteen/articleshow/45223412.cms <http://goa1556.in/book/goa-in-sepia-tinted-postcards/> -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
