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KMC to offer tax exemption for waste segregation and recycling

olkata Municipal Corporation will offer tax exemption to successfully followed in Kochi where Najeeb Zackaria, the
Kresidents of those housing complexes who will take owner of a construction fi rm took such an initiative in one
the initiative of segregation and recycling of wastes of the large housing complex built by him. Now residents
generated in these complexes. Debabrata Majumdar, of as many as 1000 households that include good number
the member, mayor-in-council overseeing the KMC solid of apartment buildings or hi-rises are running the model
waste management department told this while speaking across Kerala, Zackaria said. Nandu Belani, president
CREDAI Bengal assured to stand by the KMC in its initiative
in the effective waste management system.

Andhra Pradesh’s villages to

get plastic roads

reater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)
Gis seriously considering using plastic wastage in
laying of roads wherever it is time for re-carpeting
post monsoons.
Villages in Andhra Pradesh will get plastic roads which
will be more durable and not be affected by rain.
at a function organized by CREDAI (Bengal) a forum for
The AP Panchayat Raj department is getting ready to
the real estate developers. Majumdar conceded that
provide plastic pellets to build 45 clusters by October
managing city's growing wastes had become a major
2. All 661 mandals in AP would be connected with the
problem as city's only waste dumping site at Dhapa was
plastic mixed roads by January 26, said Panchayati
already overburdened. The alternative method of reducing
Raj commissioner B. Ramanjaneyulu. AP Chief
the burden from Dhapa dumping ground by installing a
garbage—to fertilizer at the site has failed to solve the Secretary Dinesh
problem as the owner of the large compost plant has Kumar has been
been using only 75 tonnes of garbage against 500 tonnes working on this
as was agreed upon according to an agreement signed project for two
between the civic body and the private fi rm. In fact, a years.Locals in the
civic initiative of segregating and transporting wastes in 45 clusters have
north Kolkata (wards 1—6) has failed to yield results for started selling
want of the cost involved in the process, a KMC offi cial plastic waste to
said. "It is increasingly getting diffi cult to fi nd a solution
the PR department. This is graded and shredded
to city's growing wastes. Now we need to encourage the
and sold as pellets at `40 per kg, for construction
owners of housing complexes or apartment houses to
of Panchayat Raj roads. “The demand is two tonnes
set up small composting machines in their premises for
for 1 km of road,” Mr Ramanjaneyulu said. The
the purpose of converting the waste into wealth after
department would be able to produce 110 tonnes
preliminary segregation at source. If any such housing
complex comes forward and adopts the model, we will by January 2018, by which time all the clusters in
defi nitely offer its residents property tax sop," Majumdar 661 mandals will become operational.
said. According to Majumdar while the residents of
He said the plastic-mixed roads would not be
a housing complex or hi-rise can use bio-degradable
damaged by rain, and would be less expensive.Staff
wastes like vegetables or fruits for producing manure,
is being trained to produce plastic pellets at three
non-biodegradable wastes like plastics or papers can be
centres in Bapatla, Samalkot and Sri Kalahasthi, he
transported to factories for recycling. This model is being
said.
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