Pune municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak on Friday stressed the need to dispose of garbage at local level and urged the citizens to allow biogas projects, like the one in Model Colony, to serve the purpose.
He was speaking at the felicitation ceremony organised for labourers who have been operating the biomethenation-cum-power generation plant set up by the PMC in Model Colony. The project has been awarded ISO 9001: 2008 certification for standard management system.
Local corporator Jyotsna Sardeshpande, who was instrumental in the project’s development, had organised a felicitation ceremony for employees who are contributing to the success of the project.
Acting additional municipal commissioner Naresh Zurmure, city president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Vikas Mathkari, former chairman of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada), Vijay Kale, and zonal commissioner Vijay Dahibhate were also present.
Pathak said that the biogas project in Model Colony should be replicated in the city in large numbers so that there are less garbage carrying vehicles in the city. He would request citizens to allow such projects and dispose of garbage at local level.
He said that these projects do not put pressure on the environment, but instead the civic authority would earn carbon credits for them
The biogas projects help in reducing transportation of garbage as garbage is processed at these plants. Such facilities also help in generating electricity and manufacturing manure.
Sardeshpande said that the project has been running continuously for 13 months since it started, disposing of 2,400 tonnes of garbage.
Electricity to light up 240 street lamps was also generated during this period. Employees Ashok Gunjal, Manik Bhosale, Bhimabai Dharnale and Surekha Chavan were felicitated on the occasion.
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