Rendering plant being set up at Adampur Cantonment to dispose animal waste

 

 

 

 

 

In order to deal with the vexing problem of animal carcass, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is setting up animal waste rendering plant at Adampur Cantonment area, to dispose nearly 25 tonnes of meat and offal waste that is generated daily from meat shops, slaughter house and fish market. The civic body use to spend on an average Rs 6 lakhs per month to dispose the waste. Various parts of the city have turned into black spots with animal waste dumped illegally by residents, restaurant owners and meat vendors. These meat and fish remains are spoiling the environment of city and also creating germs for the vegetables and other eatables grown on the ground. BMC PRO Premshankar Shukla said that rendering plant is being set in one acre of area near landfill site of Adampur Cantonment worth Rs 25 crore. He further informed that proposal to set up the plant was made about one year back but project could not begin in lack of fund. Later, officials suggested to set up the plant on Public Participation Mode (PPP). A private company has been handed over the responsibility to set up machines worth Rs 5 crores while maintenance and co-ordination will be done by the civic body.

 

He further informed that the plant is in final stage but there is no power supply. Once the plant get power supply and connection, disposal of waste through machine would begin. PRO Shukla said that collection of waste from chicken, meat shop and slaughter house is very easy but for the fish market, BMC staffs are assigned. The garbage collection van dump the dry and wet garbage at transfer station and then visit the fish shop to collect the waste and then it is transferred to the Adampur Cantonment area. RTI Activist Niti Saxena said, “This is very important to set up rendering plant to keep the surrounding neat and clean. I have seen, the meat and fish remains often dumped on the road side, storm water drains, empty plots and they are often set on fire thus polluting the environment.”