Meeting with agencies Tuesday

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Going ahead with its plan to introduce the decentralised solid waste management project in the city, the Corporation would discuss terms with the agencies, experts and institutions involved in the business, on Tuesday. The meeting would pick up one or a couple of agencies who could give support to the Corporation on reasonable terms.   The City Corporation is expecting at least 20 agencies, involved in setting up decentralised waste disposal technology, to turn up for the meeting. ‘’The agencies need to relate to our idea of decentralised waste management project. The agency which would quote the lowest rate would naturally be selected. But we don’t think one agency would be able to cover 100 wards. In that case, we might go for multiple agencies. Much would depend on Tuesday’s meeting,” said Mayor K Chandrika.   Kerala Agro Industries Corporation; Thiruvananthapuram District Agricultural Science Graduate and Agricultural Technicians Cooperative Society, Poovachal; Deepam biogas agency, Kadambuzha; Biotech, Vazhuthacaud; Peerumedu Development Society; Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthi, Khadi and Village Industries MG Road, Thiruvananthapuram, Core Foundations, Adoor; Socio-economic Foundation; IRTC, Palakkad; CED, Thiruvananthapuram; L& M associates Kesavadasapuram; Ztech Society, Manacaud and Ram Biologicals, Kozhikode, are some of the institutions expected to attend the meeting.   The Corporation intends to let its public/wards choose the kind of waste disposal they want. Which is why it has been thinking of vermicompost and ring-compost methods along with biowaste treatment plants. The agencies adept in these methods probably stand to be selected.   The Corporation has prepared a detailed project to implement the ‘disposal at source’ project which is currently under the scanner of the District Planning Committee (DPC) for approval under the annual plan 2011-12. The local body has set aside Rs 80 lakh for the project, which appears a rather small amount for the big purpose. The reason why it has been thinking of parting funds from the KSUDP project, earlier set aside for a RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) plant in Vilappilsala.   According to the Mayor, nearly 300 families in Muttada, her own ward, have come forward to adopt decentralised techniques. With just two months more to arrive at a solution, the Corporation is aiming to launch a mass campaign to take its efforts to the public.