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Central Government/Public Sector | Kerala - India | PID: 202013
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On 22 November, 2023, the Government of Kerala gave sanction to set up a compressed biogas (CBG) plant project by Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) with the aim of finding a permanent solution to the organic waste issue in Kochi
Construction of the new plant, which would be carried out by the BPCL, is estimated to cost about Rs 150 crore. The project is anticipated to be completed in 15 months. The biogas treatment plant is expected to be a solution for the organic waste issue being faced by the city
For the project, 10 acres of land in Brahmapuram owned by the Kochi Corporation, would be handed over to the BPCL. Further, a treatment plant, capable of treating 150 metric tonne of waste per day, would be set up on this land, and the CBG produced there would be used by the central public sector undertaking (PSU). Organic fertiliser produced at the plant would be made available to the farmers, and clean water would be released after treating the wastewater generated at the facility
Clean Kerala Company (CKCL) would take over and dispose residual inorganic waste after processing. The state cabinet took the significant decision months after the port city witnessed a massive fire at the Brahmapuram dump site, due an outdated waste management practice
| Updated on: 23 - Nov - 2023
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