There are 100 wards in Coimbatore Corporation out of which 800 to 1,000 tons of garbage are collected on a daily basis.
Coimbatore: "On behalf of the Coimbatore Corporation, a drone camera was used to measure the garbage at the Vellalore landfill in Coimbatore during December, last year. Currently, it is planned to re-measure the garbage by using a drone for the second phase of inspection," according to a Corporation official.
Garbage from 100 wards:
There are 100 wards in Coimbatore Corporation out of which 800 to 1,000 tons of garbage are collected on a daily basis. All this garbage is dumped at a 650-acre Corporation-owned dumping site in Vellalore. In one part of the landfill, 60 acres of land is stagnant with 9 lakh metric tons of unsorted garbage.
Bio-mining program to solve the sanitation problem:
The garbage collected at the site creates a strong stench in the area and is infested with flies. The Corporation has decided to dispose of this waste by the bio-mining program. The project has been prepared at a cost of Rs. 60 crores and being implemented by a private organization. To this end, a team led by the Anna University Professor, Kurien Joseph was appointed in December last year to measure the amount of garbage piled up at the Vellalore landfill and to determine its content.
Measurement using modern cameras:
With the help of modern cameras and technology installed in the drone camera, the task of measuring the waste accumulated in the garbage disposal site was done. Since then, up to 40 tonnes of garbage has been cleared and composted daily through the bio-mining project. In the meantime, the Anna University team will return to the Vellalore landfill for the second phase of the study.
An official of the Corporation said, "The Anna University team will soon return to Vellalore for a second phase study on the bio-mining project. The garbage disposal work will continue after the measurement-taking project is done and an estimate regarding the bio-mining project is calculated."