If everything goes well, the Model Colony ward of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) could become a 'model' before the other municipal wards for making use of the discarded garbage for a 'powerful' cause. The municipal body is planning to generate electricity by setting up a biogas plant that will use the garbage within the Model Colony ward as its fuel input and run the streetlights in the ward with the electricity generated. The civic body is planning to use the bio-methanisation technique developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre for this purpose. BJP Corporator Jyotsna Sardeshpande from Model Colony has taken the initiative in this regard. "The Model Colony (ward 34) houses about 4,000 properties and the daily garbage generated is 8-9 tonnes approximately. Out of this, nearly half the portion falls under the category of wet garbage, and hence is biodegradable. We are planning to use the technology developed by the BARC (even though we would invite tenders) for the bio-methanisation of the garbage and creating biogas and ultimately electricity out of it," said Dr Sanjeev Wavre, ward medical officer of the PMC. "The energy coming out of the biogas plant could then be put to the power grid and the streetlights in the ward could be illuminated with that. We can procure about 360 KW of electricity daily through this venture," Wavre added.