Friday, 25 June 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The Municipal Corporation of Rishikesh (MCR) is all set to start the treatment of legacy waste which has been mounting up at the dumping site for 40 years through biomining technique. This legacy waste is spread across the four-hectare area at the dumping site in the Govind Nagar area and filled with about 2.71 lakh cubic metres of garbage that mainly include glass, rubber, fibre, plastic and leachate.
The corporation has hired a private company under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode for the proper disposal of the legacy waste through biomining technique. The company had started the installation of different types of machinery at the dumping site to treat the waste about three months ago and MCR had planned to start the process of legacy waste treatment by the end of April but it was postponed due to the Covid-19 curfew in the State. According to the tax and revenue superintendent of the corporation, Ramesh Rawat, the installation of types of machinery has been finished at the site and the work of legacy waste treatment will be inaugurated next week. He also informed that it will take at least four to six months for the proper treatment of 2.71 lakh cubic metres of garbage.
It is pertinent to mention here that Rishikesh is the first city in Uttarakhand that will use the biomining technique for the treatment of legacy waste.
