SDMC uses Bio-Mining for a Clean India

CONNAUGHT PLACE, India - Feb. 17, 2022 - PRLog -- South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is dedicated to maintain a clean and green environment. Its commitment to build a sustainable future is laudable. Managing solid waste also forms an essential part of this wonderful initiative. This is done by recycling wasted material in the form of compost. It has partnered with ITC WOW & SSIL to manufacture compost.

To continue their mission of Solid Waste, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has taken up another project. They have a solid waste dumping site in Okhla that has been in operation since 1996. Till date, around 55 lac MT of legacy garbage has been accumulated at this dumpsite. SDMC began bio-mining of legacy garbage at Okhla landfill, in accordance with the Hon'ble NGT's orders in OA Nos. 519/2019 and 386/2019. This was done by installing a trommel machine in October of 2019. Despite numerous limitations and lockdowns, bio-mining operations continue with 24 separating trommels in operation at the facility. About 10.50 lac MT of legacy garbage have already been bio-mined, and the landfill has been cleaned by about 80,000 square meters.

Bio-mining is responsible for generating segregated fractions. The RDF fraction is disposed of at the WtE plant in Okhla, while the inert/soil is disposed of in the low-lying areas of Tajpur and NHAI highway construction sites. SDMC has signed an agreement with NHAI for the disposal of 3 lac MT inert in their upcoming UER-II (Urban Extension Road) project.  More options for disposal/transportation of inert at other NHAI sites are currently under consideration.

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