BBMP South Zone Commissioner Jayaram Raipura visited some of the upgraded biomethanation plants on Tuesday and directed the BBMP engineers to commission the biomethanation plant at Pattabhirama Nagar on trial. “The need of the hour is to take measures to segregate waste at source. We have to utilise biomethanation plants to manage waste. We have to use biogas generated by biomethanation plants prudently. The biomethanation plant at Pattabhirama Nagar has the capacity to manage five tonnes of wet waste.
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Finally, BBMP to upgrade 7 bio-methanation plants
Finally, BBMP to upgrade 7 bio-methanation plants
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Dec 25, 2020, 06:00 IST
Palike had announced the revival of the defunct plants last year; more plants on the cards
A year after the announcement,
the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) has finally taken a call on upgrading seven out of 13 bio-methanation plants in the city. The civic body had announced in December 2019 about its plan of reviving the seven plants.
The bio-methanation plants were supposed to be one of the steps to push for decentralised processing of
waste and reduce dependence on landfills under the Namma Kasa Namma Jawabdari (Our Waste Our Responsibility) programme. However, of the 13 bio-methanation plants at