(In the Kadakkal panchayat of Kollam district)
The first Decentralised Solid Waste Management Scheme of Kerala has been implemented in Kadakkal grama panchayat by setting up a power generation plant from the solid waste of markets and slaughter houses. The Kadakkal grama panchayat office and the other offices are situated in the premises of Kadakkal junction. The waste produced in the market and slaughter house, the blood and waste water from the slaughter house being dumped in the market place, the bad odor produced by it etc are the main problems faced by the people here.
Benefits of the scheme
The joint waste disposal plant that could change the bio waste produced in the market to electricity and biowaste was constructed with the help of bio tech technology and placed at the Kadakkal grama panchayat market of Kollam district. The scheme aims at curbing the menace of solid waste accumulation in the district by canalizing the waste material for power generation.It is the first joint scheme in Kerala to produce electricity from waste. This plant can dispose one ton of waste per day. The electricity produced from this plant is used to light 1200 bulbs in the market, Kadakkal children’s park and the nearby areas. Biotech, which was started in 1994 as a nodal agency under the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy, has implemented 11 such projects.
Functioning of the plant
Kadakkal grama panchayat, which has almost an area and population equal to a municipality, is already facing an acute crisis of solid waste disposal. The plant has been set up in the market in the panchayat. The organic waste of the market is being utilised for generating power through the technology of biogas production. The Kadakkal market biotech has implemented a disposal scheme that could dispose wastes of different types and structures effectively at the same time by incorporating different technologies. This scheme that changes the blood and waste water from the slaughter house into pure water with the help of this plant has also been started. The water, which comes out of the plant after the treatment of waste, will be recycled for the functioning of the plant. A recycling unit has also been set up for this purpose. The purified water is then used to clean the slaughter house and for other purposes of the plant.
An integrated waste disposal plant with the capacity to process all types of solid waste, including plastics as well as the liquid waste from slaughter houses and market, has been designed by Biotech. The plant functioning at Kadakkal market in Kollam district is the first one of this type. A similar power generating plant is functioning at Sreekaryam Market in Thiruvananthapuram.
