BSWML hunting for large land parcels to build secondary transfer stations

Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd. (BSWML) is present connected the hunt for ample onshore parcels of astatine slightest 2,500 sqm (0.61 acres) successful each of the city’s assembly constituencies to physique secondary transportation stations, which volition wide garbage achromatic spots astatine transportation points and forestall atrocious odour and leachate leak connected the roadworthy from compactors. However, BSWML is uncovering it hard to find specified onshore parcels successful the city, which is creating hurdles for the project. 

Three specified secondary transportation stations are already operational successful the metropolis astatine Chamarajpet, Sarvagnanagar and BTM Layout constituencies, adjacent arsenic different is nether operation successful Shivajinagar. Tenders person already been floated to physique 23 specified transportation stations successful the remaining assembly segments astatine an estimated outgo of ₹255 crore. But uncovering onshore parcels for these transportation stations has go a herculean task. 

“Finding specified ample parcels of onshore successful Bengaluru is precise difficult. As of now, we are successful talks with a backstage idiosyncratic for a crippled successful Mahadevapura and person identified a crippled successful Mattikere. But for these two, we are yet to place and unafraid onshore parcels successful 21 different constituencies. Even for Indira Canteens, uncovering onshore was difficult, but that needed smaller plots. A transportation presumption needs much than fractional an acre arsenic trucks and respective autorickshaws request to participate and exit the station,” said Karee Gowda, Chief Executive Officer, BSWML. 

New setup

All the autorickshaws that cod discarded door-to-door volition present transportation their discarded to compactors, mostly by the streetside, creating achromatic spots astatine these points. Under the caller setup, these autorickshaws enactment up astatine a secondary transportation station, 1 per assembly constituency. This discarded is past compacted (volume is reduced by astatine slightest 20%), its leachate drained astatine the transportation presumption and the discarded packed into a tanker-like cylinder, which is past taken connected a trolley and mounted connected a truck. The cylinder besides has a installation to cod leachate astatine the bottom. 

“Once each the secondary transportation stations are built, we volition destruct achromatic spots astatine transportation points and the compactors connected the roadworthy volition mostly not emit foul odour and leak of leachate connected the road. But the contiguous batch of compactors volition beryllium retired and caller technology-based compactors with mountable tanker-like cylinders volition beryllium roped in,” Mr. Gowda said. 

Presently, determination are 4,914 autorickshaws that provender into 593 compactors. While each compactor tin present instrumentality astir 8 to 9 tonnes of waste, the caller compactor vehicles tin instrumentality up to 16 tonnes, reducing the fig of compactors needed arsenic well. This volition besides trim the fig of garbage trucks connected the city’s streets.