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Now toilets to be built of Plastic Haryana spends Rs 176 cr

bottles waste-to-energy plant

nspired by the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and its focus aryana government is keen to embrace eco-
Ion eliminating open defecation, Rashmii Tiwarii, Hfriendly technologies in areas like waste-to- energy
an architect from Hyderabad, reuses PET bottles to and e-mobility in a bid to protect environment, Chief
construct public restrooms. Her final project in college Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said. He was addressing
was modelling such a toilet, and she passed with flying a ceremony whereJBM Group forayed into waste-to-
colours, realising that this had the potential to help solve energy sector with signing of concession agreement
a lingering sanitation problem in India. with Haryana government to build and operate a 5 MW
power plant in Sonepat that will treat 500 tonnes of
municipal waste per day. The project will be developed
by JBM Environment Management at an investment of
Rs 176 crore and will entail door-to-door collection of
waste, its transportation, construction and operation
of the power plant. Khattar said that "Haryana is
moving ahead on its objective of being a flag bearer
of Swachh Bharat Mission. We are looking at multiple
areas like waste-to-energy, integrated solid waste
management, e-mobility, etc where we can adopt
environment-friendly technologies". JBM Group has
roped in Europes leading company EKOLOG which has
The first place she decided to build the PET toilet was experience in operating integrated waste management
a government school in Hyderabad – The Dr Ambedkar systems in Europe and Asia. The power plant will
Government School. With the principal’s support and Rs be spread across 20 acres in Sonepat for which the
18,000 of her own money, Rashmii got to work. “I used land has been allotted by the state government. The
cement and sand for plastering; that’s how I could cut
down the construction costs by 30 percent. I used 1,200
one-litre PET bottles in place of conventional bricks. For
the mortar, inside the bottles, I used mud, cow dung, and
cow urine,” she says.
She intends to do this exclusively in government schools,
slums and villages where there is a scarcity of toilets.
“I chose toilets as there is an acute scarcity of toilets
particularly villages, government schools and slums. It
is observed that the girl students particularly are facing
difficulty in schools. It is learnt that in many parts of our
country people defecate in the open, while women wait project will help dispose of 500 tonnes of solid waste
for the sunset to relieve themselves. Many times their per day generated from Sonepat cluster comprising
modesty and life is at risk,” concludes Rashmii. Sonepat, Panipat, Samalkha and Gannaur of many
steps that we have undertaken in the year of Swarn
Jayanti of Haryana.

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