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Biogas plant set up at PMG Office

Special Correspondent

Thiruvananthapuram: Employees at the Chief Post Master General's Office here will no longer have to put up with the stench and sight of garbage within the premises.

With no proper disposal mechanism, the food waste from the canteen and other garbage were strewn around, attracting flies, crows and rodents.

Fed up with the situation, the authorities finally decided to act. A project to set up a biogas treatment plant to handle the waste generated by the office staff was drawn up.

The plant, which was inaugurated on Friday, uses the organic refuse and wastewater from the premises to generate methane gas for the canteen.

The floating drum type plant uses the biomethanation technique to treat up to 25 kg of waste a day. The methane gas generated in the process can save three to five kg of LPG a day, resulting in substantial reduction in the expense incurred on cooking.

The project was executed using technology supplied by the city-based Biotech Centre for Development of Biogas Technology and Other Non-conventional Energy Sources. The plant cost Rs.90,000.

Chief Postmaster General, Kerala Postal Circle, Uday Balakrishnan inaugurated the unit at a function on the office premises. Speaking on the occasion, he said the plant would provide a permanent solution to the twin problems of garbage accumulation and shortage of LPG for cooking.

The Postmaster General, Central zone, and Postal Services Directors of the Central zone and North zone were present on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering, Biotech director A.Sajidas said the decentralised system of solid waste management offered a technology solution for Government institutions struggling to tackle the garbage problem.

Biotech had designed and set up similar biogas plants for houses, markets and slaughterhouses all over the State.

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