450 ton waste and 150 MLD of polluted water is produced daily in Mysore city. What would have been the condition if these circumstances prevailed in our state? The dumped wastes would produce a very foul smell. Then all these wastes would have been collected and thrown in to some poor village. Then that area would become a hell with all sorts of contagious diseases. But what Mysore did is entirely different. The enchanting method of producing income from wastes!
It has become sure that in recent future the waste refining scheme of Mysore Corporation would change into a tourist centre. This scheme now pervades in an area of 22 acres. The reason for this is that there are no flies, mosquitos or even a foul smell produced in this area where a huge amount of waste is dumped daily. The Mysore Corporation is liable only to a bio solution named organic solutions for this.
Mysore Waste Refining Model
A bio solution produced by a private firm in Mysore is used for the past three and a half years for refining the waste in Mysore Corporation. What ever type the waste may be, it will stop its foul smell within 20 minutes. It’s done by diluting this solution and spraying it over the waste. There won’t be any problem of flies and mosquitoes. After 40 days this waste will change into a fantastic bio fertiliser. Even the waste water from toilets can be made pure by the usage of this solution.
The wastes coming to this centre even include plastic. As soon as the wastes are dumped in to this refinery ground a mixture of organic solutions, water and jaggery are added into it in the ratio of 1 litre: 5 litre: 100 gm, is sprayed into it. Then with the help of machineries plastic is extracted from it.
It will change into a fantastic bio fertiliser after preserving it for a period of 40 days. Even if we take it with our bare hand, there wont be any wastes or even a foul smell.40 ton of bio fertiliser is produced here daily. Many prominent companies have kept their sacks, with their brand names ready at this refinery. The bio fertiliser is filled directly in to these sacks and sold at a rate of Rs.280 per sack. The corporation is planning to sell this directly in their own brand name, ‘
The Mysore Gold’.
Want to Drink Waste Water?
Through drainage sources waste water even from Chamundy hills is brought in to this refinery and centred in one of its part. A pipe is connected from the tank so as to pour the diluted organic solutions into this waste water. After the addition of this solution the waste water is passed through three tanks. The water we get through this after 72 hours is very pure. Authorities say that, this water if refined once more could be used for drinking.
Since there is no scarcity of water in Mysore it is not used for drinking there. This water is given back to five villages in Chamundy hills and horse race area, through Mysore Dalvoik Lake for the purpose of irrigation. The pump set required for this purpose is also made available here. The people living in that area say that the flats and buildings surrounding this refinery are being sold at great rates. It’s a proof that indicates, there is no foul smell or any environmental problems from the refinery.
Mysore Model Cost Calculations- Very Low Expenses
The cost of refining one ton waste into bio fertiliser is just Rs.450. Only five litres of organic solutions that cost Rs.90 is required. According to the calculations of Mysore a cost of Rs.3800 is required for refining 10 ton of waste.
To refine waste water the cost is Rs.4 per 1000 litre. The corporation is selling this refined water at a rate of Rs.1.80 per 1000 litre. The cost of the solution used to refine the waste water is Rs.22 per litre. There are also other bio solutions to refine wastes from houses, toilets and latrine wastes. The Mysore Corporation uses the organic solution produced by
JMS Biotech.
A Saving of Rs.60 lakh in Electricity Bill!
There is a profit of Rs.60 lakh per year for Mysore Corporation in electricity charges. It is because of the use of organic solutions in the refinery of wastes . Earlier there were machineries cost crores that were connected with 38 motors in the Mysore corporation. But now only the machinery used for the separation of plastic waste is being used. The other machineries are not needed now.
Foe refining 145 MLD of waste water there are only two workers. It’s because all the other steps except adding of organic solution are all done naturally. The speciality of adding this solution to waste water is that dirt would not get accumulated beneath it.
Next in Kerala…
Many native organisations in Kerala are trying to accept Mysore Corporation as a model in the refining of wastes. The first group that came forward to study the Mysore model was Keezhoor-Chavassery panchayath of Kannur district. The representatives of Mepayoor and Farook panchayaths in Kochi Corporation have also decided to come forward to copy this model. A private hospital at Kozhikode has already started applying this method for waste refining.
For More Information
To know more about this topic please contact Green Kerala bio science at Kozhikode.
