Shimla will soon be generating power from the 60-70 tonnes of garbage that it generates daily . To ensure this , The Shimla Municipal Corporation will be signing a MoU with a company from Germany this week . The company will then make the arrangements to produce electricity from solid municipal waste within 4 months !
This step has been taken after the National Green Tribunal had expressed concerns about the lack of proper disposal of garbage in Shimla .
This will not only ensure proper disposal but will also protect the ecology from further degradation .
The NGT had said , " Needless to notice that there is a complete failure of functioning of public bodies , including all relevant departments of the state government , and it's an open threat to public health and more seriously to the environment of this area."
The Government has surely learnt a lesson from the report and has thus taken this fantastic decision .
Shimla mayor Sanjay Chauhan said that the plant will problems will be solved with the functioning of the plant at Bharyal which will use 60 tonnes of garbage in generating the electricity .
It will also save the civic body a lot money which it spends in transporting the garbage to Chandigarh as the new plant will be within Shimla . Earlier , the plant used to return 30% inert to the Municipal Corporation for disposal at dumping site. The new plant will return only 5% !
Thus this move definitely has a lot of advantages and should be followed by other cities in the country too . We would also like to appreciate the working of the NGT which has become very active in when it comes to protecting the environment .
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