Vadavathoor dumpyard site in for major makeover

The Vadavathoor dumping yard, which has been the centre of protests for decades, is acceptable to marque mode for a bid of improvement projects.

The Kottayam municipality has travel up with plans to alteration the tract into a multi-purpose improvement hub, with projects including a normal centre being planned. Construction is expected to commence erstwhile biomining and the clearance of the existing discarded astatine the nine-acre tract are completed.

According to municipal authorities, 50% of the biomining process astatine the Vadavathoor dumping gait has been completed, with the remaining enactment expected to beryllium finished wrong a mates of months. “Plans are afoot to conception a modern normal centre with capable parking connected a build, run and transportation (BOT) basis. The remaining abstraction volition beryllium utilised for assorted different purposes,” said an official.

The civic assemblage besides intends to found a thoroughfare canine extortion centre astatine the location. Encouraged by the occurrence of the biomining efforts, determination are besides plans to make a modern and sustainable discarded processing installation connected the site.

For years, discarded had been accumulated astatine the dump tract successful Vadavathoor, located successful Vijayapuram grama panchayat and owned by the Kottayam municipality. The discarded is presently being removed done the biomining and bioremediation process with method and fiscal enactment of the Kerala Solid Waste Management Project (KSWMP). The task is being carried retired with a full fund of ₹16.16 crore from the KSWMP and an further ₹1.4 crore from the Suchitwa Mission nether the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM).

The sorted waste, which includes non-recyclable and fuel-convertible (RDF - Refuse-Derived Fuel) plastic, volition beryllium sent to a cement mill successful Tamil Nadu. It is estimated that implicit 1,01,097 cubic metres of discarded stay astatine the site, with the discarded reaching a tallness of 5.77 metres supra the ground.The discarded is being segregated with a trommel equipped with a conveyor loop into 3 categories.

A squad led by District Collector Chetan Kumar Meena and municipal president visited the tract precocious and reviewed the advancement of biomining process. The Collector directed the biomining institution to implicit their enactment successful a clip bound manner.