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Chinnalapatti has crossed different milestone successful its discarded absorption journey. In June 2025, the compost generated from the biodegradable discarded collected from households successful this municipality panchayat successful Dindigul territory got a licence from the Agriculture Department and is present being sold nether the marque sanction ‘Sezhipu’.
At the integrated compost yard, this designation has brought a caller vigour to the team, and Vinod, who is in-charge of the yard, says that aft this designation the request for the compost has accrued manifold. “A section husbandman has approached america for much than 1,000 bags of this compost. Earlier, we would beryllium selling a fewer 100 bags a week but present wrong a fewer days of packaging the compost, the banal is cleared and dispatched to the farmers,” helium adds.
K. Manikandan, Sanitary Officer of the municipality panchayat, expounds connected the information that discarded absorption audit has go vigorous and besides meticulous. “Along with the Pollution Control Board norms that we person to follow, the National Green Tribunal monitors to guarantee compliance with its orders and strict adherence to the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The biodegradable discarded that was being recycled present arsenic compost, needed a momentum to beryllium dispersed without being accumulated astatine our yard,” helium noted.
As a archetypal step, the compost was sent to a backstage laboratory successful Coimbatore. Here the physical, chemic and biologic properties were analysed to guarantee that it had indispensable nutrients for works maturation and it was escaped from pathogens and toxins. Armed with this result, the Agriculture Department was approached and the compost generated successful Chinnalapatti gait was awarded a licence and the support to beryllium sold nether the marque sanction ‘Sezhipu’.
To make much consciousness connected this ‘premium’ compost, astatine the portico of the panchayat national office, 25 kg bags of compost person been kept. For bulk purchasers, it is being sold for Rs 4 per kg and for those who privation a dose of fertilizer for their room plot they tin get a 1 kg packet for Rs 10.
Another proactive measurement that has been taken by the unit is the organisation of escaped sapling to each those who travel determination to get a commencement certificate. “This besides motivates them to bargain a container of compost,” says Mr. Manikandan.
From June 2025 till December 60,000 kg of biodegradable discarded was generated successful Chinnalapatti and from this 12,000 kg of compost was produced. “We are successful talks with the Forest Department and we are hoping that they volition go regular buyers of our compost. This volition assistance america wide the compost that we are generating astatine our gait successful a regular manner,” notes Mr. Manikandan.
For clearing the non-biodegradable waste, the panchayat national has signed an MoU with Chettinad Cements. Before Pongal, astir 10 tonnes of non-biodegradable discarded was sent to the mill for co-processing.
This panchayat national with astir 12,000 households is showcasing the champion discarded absorption practices - creating consciousness done animators to trim discarded procreation astatine source, recycling and composting of integrated waste.
