NITI Aayog officials on Saturday visited the Kollam Corporation’s biomining project at Kureepuzha as part of a study to evaluate waste disposal models implemented at various locations with the help of the latest technology.
The functioning of the biomining plant near the Ashtamudi Ramsar site will be assessed and a detailed report will be submitted to the NITI Aayog, said research officer K. Arun Lal after interacting with Mayor Prasanna Ernest and councillors to find out more about the project. The Corporation is clearing five-and-a-half acres of junkyard at the Kureepuzha garbage treatment plant through the project, a long-standing demand of the residents. Around 1.88 lakh cubic metres of legacy waste that had been lying dormant for several years will be disposed as part of the project.
