Indore: The foundation stone of drum compost plant for disposal of green waste was laid on the land of city forest near Shaheed Park on Ring Road, Indore amidst protest by some women members of the locality who demanded construction of community hall at the place.
Indore Municipal Commissioner Pratibha Pal said the country's largest smart garden waste drum plant with chipper is being set up in the city. One unit with a capacity of 10 tonnes of green waste for disposal per day will be set up near Shaheed Park and another with the same capacity at Meghdoot Garden. Bhoomi poojan of the project was done at Shaheed Park. Each unit will cost Rs 1.70 crore each. In this state-of-the-art smart drum composter plant, green waste like branches of trees, leaves, agriculture waste will be brought from green belt areas, colonies, gardens etc. The green waste first will be up in chipper which will chop it off in small pieces and then sent it to drum composter unit. The specialty of this drum is that it is made to handle bulk waste. It is equipped with auto-rotation programming, temperature sensor and air circulation system. In 10 to 15 days, the waste will be converted into fertilizer in a completely natural way.
Women protest as stone laid for drum compost plant: When Bhoomi poojan for the setting up the plant was going on, a group of nearly 30 women residents from Patel Nagar and Sheetal Nagar reached the venue and requested the public representatives and corporation officials present at the event not to build a drum compost plant on the land. Residents told them that they use the land to organize marriages and other events so it should be spared. They said that community hall should be constructed on the land and drum compost plant be set up on empty land of city forest. MP Shankar Lalwani, MLA Ramesh Mendola and MLA Tulsi Silawat, who were present at the event, also supported their demand. Corporation commissioner Pratibha Pal said that she would first find out the land-use of the land and then will commit anything.
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