Margao: with bio-remediation of heritage dumps Sonsodo which was closed a year ago, yet has to restart, and Margao Municipal Council ,mmca) fail to take any steps for the resumption of operations in the wastewater treatment plant, Margo An imminent waste management crisis is staring at it.
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) made a dire forecast for the Sonsoddo wastewater treatment plant in July 2021, when it advised the MMC to take measures to deal with waste management issues.
In a powerpoint presentation before MMC councilors on July 3, environmental engineer Sanjeev Joglekar had said that setting up a 50TPD (per day) capacity biomethanation plant at Sonsoddo was the ultimate solution to Margao’s solid waste management woes, outsourcing the work as a Handling the incoming wet waste to experienced private agency will help the cases as a short term remedy.
Even after eight months there has been no change on the ground. Worse yet, with not enough space to dump the daily incoming waste, the incoming waste finds its way to the legacy dump, as evidenced by its ever-increasing height.
Though the trucks of the municipality pick up the garbage on a daily basis, insufficient space inside the Sonsoddo waste yard has made the situation worse as the trucks are forced to dump it at the garbage dump.
In the presentation, the GSPCB had pointed out that with the current pace and methodology of wet waste treatment in Sonsado, this could only lead to the creation of another mountain of residual waste, thereby eliminating all efforts to clean up the heritage dump. can be done.
Since Fomento Green moved out of Sonsado after the expiry of its contract with MMC, the civic body has been handling the waste treatment plant on its own using the windrow composting method. However, Chief Officer Agnello Fernandes had openly admitted during the presentation in the presence of Madgaon MLA Digambar Kamat and Fatorda MLA Vijay. SardesaiThat the municipality had “failed” in the work, no serious effort has been made by the MMC to rectify the situation.
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) made a dire forecast for the Sonsoddo wastewater treatment plant in July 2021, when it advised the MMC to take measures to deal with waste management issues.
In a powerpoint presentation before MMC councilors on July 3, environmental engineer Sanjeev Joglekar had said that setting up a 50TPD (per day) capacity biomethanation plant at Sonsoddo was the ultimate solution to Margao’s solid waste management woes, outsourcing the work as a Handling the incoming wet waste to experienced private agency will help the cases as a short term remedy.
Even after eight months there has been no change on the ground. Worse yet, with not enough space to dump the daily incoming waste, the incoming waste finds its way to the legacy dump, as evidenced by its ever-increasing height.
Though the trucks of the municipality pick up the garbage on a daily basis, insufficient space inside the Sonsoddo waste yard has made the situation worse as the trucks are forced to dump it at the garbage dump.
In the presentation, the GSPCB had pointed out that with the current pace and methodology of wet waste treatment in Sonsado, this could only lead to the creation of another mountain of residual waste, thereby eliminating all efforts to clean up the heritage dump. can be done.
Since Fomento Green moved out of Sonsado after the expiry of its contract with MMC, the civic body has been handling the waste treatment plant on its own using the windrow composting method. However, Chief Officer Agnello Fernandes had openly admitted during the presentation in the presence of Madgaon MLA Digambar Kamat and Fatorda MLA Vijay. SardesaiThat the municipality had “failed” in the work, no serious effort has been made by the MMC to rectify the situation.