Tirumala: A detailed review meeting on the solid waste management was held by the TTD EO J Syamala Rao along with the Additional EO Ch Venkaiah Chowdary on Friday at Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala. TTD EO said that as an initiative to convert the waste to energy a bio gas plant was established on a 50:50 cost sharing by TTD and IOCL to generate bio-gas and manure from wet waste generated from Tirumala.

The EO instructed the concerned officers to come out with an innovative, segregation-free, efficient and viable solid waste management solution for TTD. Renowned scientist Padmasri Sharad Khale who also participated in this meeting shared his thought on the best and innovative approaches for utilizing biodegradable waste as an input to produce biogas, making it an eco-friendly solution. He also said, he will come out with a feasible plan that suits TTD soon. Later, he had practically shown how to prepare bio-manure in the households itself using the vegetable waste and explained the process to the EO, Additional EO and other officers.