Bioremediation to help manage garbage waste at Wariana dump

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 3

After years of meetings and discussions for the past nearly a decade, it has now been decided that the growing mounds of 8-lakh metric tons of garbage at the Wariana village, along the Kapurthala road, would be done away with through the bioremediation method. The project would be undertaken at a cost of Rs 41 crore and would be accomplished in three years.

A special monitoring committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal and renowned environmentalist Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal visited the site today along with Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori. The visit was the outcome of the recent meeting held under the chairmanship of Justice Jasbir Singh (retd), where different environment issues related to Jalandhar were deliberated upon. The DC, accompanied by Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal, took stock of the progress of works at Wariana, Basti Peer Daad and Pholariwal plants.

After visiting dump site, the team reached the Basti Peer Daad sewerage treatment plant followed by the plant at Pholariwal. The DC also pointed that the capacity of the Basti Peer Daad unit, which is based on the New SBR Technology, would be increased by 15 MLD, which would take the plant capacity to 30 MLD. He said a delusion tank was also being installed for common effluent treatment plant (CETP) of the leather complex to comply with the orders of High Court and a Civil Miscellaneous Petition is also being filed in the court to ensure resumption of plant.