A lesson in garbage management, from one civic body to another

  • 14/05/2009

  • Indian Express (Mumbai)

Pune Pimpri-chinchwad : Electricity from refuse Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade has called for generation of energy from garbage to resolve the long-pending dumping row; the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has embarked on a project on these lines. It hopes to start producing electricity from garbage in six months and supply it to Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Centre Ltd (MSEDCL). The PCMC garbage depot is in Moshi, well within the corporation limits, unlike that of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), whose depot is outside its jurisdiction at Urali Devachi and Phursungi. Around 500 tonnes of garbage is dumped at the Moshi depot daily. The authorities claim the garbage is being disposed scientifically, leaving little room for complaint.