Bio-mining technique to overcome space crunch for garbage dump in Mahbubnagar

Mahbubnagar: Mahbubnagar Municipal authorities, in a bid to overcome space crunch in the dumping yard due to ever-increasing garbage from household, have decided to adopt bio-mining process.

As part of it, earlier the authorities visited the overloaded dumping yard located on the outskirts and studied various possibilities available to set up a bio-mining plant in the dumping yard.

"We have been facing lot of problems due to overloaded dumping yard. Though we have proposed to construct a second dumping yard, we are facing problems with regard to getting land for the same. So, we have decided to go in for bio-mining.

It involves clearing the already overloaded garbage and convert it into natural fertiliser and other segregated plastic, glass and metallic substances can be sold and thereby the municipality can also earn additional revenue from the bio-mining process," said Surender, Mahbubnagar Municipal Commissioner.

The dumping yard is emanating foul smell which is unbearable and the residents surrounding the dumping yards are complaining that it is causing health hazard.

According to the Municipal authorities, if the bio-mining plant is established, Mahbubnagar district will be the first district in the entire Telangana State to have such an innovative method to clear the overloaded dumping yards and create space for garbage in the yards.

To study the possibilities of establishing the bio-mining plant, the authorities roped in Matrik, owner of Maathra Industries from Gujarat and inspected the dumping yard in the presence of Basheer, consultant for Solid Waste Management from Telangana State Municipal Department.

The visiting team was also accompanied by Satyanarayanpa, Executive Engineer from Mahbubnagar Municipality along with the Commissioner. It is said that the bio-mining plant will segregate the waste into three parts like plastics, glass and biodegradable waste; the plastics and glass will be broken into smaller pieces and later will be sold.

The biodegradable waste will be decomposed to convert it into natural manure which can be marketed to the farmers and can earn income from the same. According Basheer, at present there is no bio-mining plant in Telangana State. Andhra Pradesh has three such plants which are functioning successfully in Guntur, Tirupathi and Vijayawada.

"If the pilot project in Mahbubnagar becomes a success, the district will be the first one in the entire Telangana to have such an advance technology to process the garbage and it will pave way for others to follow it," said Basheer.