Garbage-based power plants in the pipeline

In tune with the objective of the State government and the Minister for Municipal Administration P Narayana's plan to set up more than 60 garbage-based power plants across the State, a five-member Singapore Team visited the garbage dumping yard in Naidupeta and studied the site in Guntur on Wednesday. During their visit, the team declared that it was the ideal place for setting up power plant to convert waste into energy.

Later Municipal Commissioner Kanna Babu held discussions with the team and explained the process of garbage collection being carried out in the city. He explained the door-to-door garbage collection, collection through garbage bins and separation of wet and dry garbage systems to the team. The setting up of power plants is also viewed as a source of revenue generation to municipalities which are otherwise financially weak.

The team members- Lo Athu Aan, Ong Seng Ing, PEOH Soon Ke, Kivan Chang and Vang Seu Seran visited the site and considered it as a suitable place for the power plant. Deputy Commissioner M Yesudas, Solid Waste Management executive engineer P Venkat Rao and NGO representative Uma Maheswar Reddy were also present.