PANAJI
Two Finnish companies are on the radar of the Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) to tackle Panaji's waste water management and fight pollutants in the capital's three major water bodies, including the Mandovi river and the two creeks “ St Inez and Rua de Ourem.
One of the two Finnish companies “ M/s Lamor India “ operates on a global scale to tackle environment issues mostly through protection and focuses on material recycling, remediation and restoration of water bodies.
M/s Lamor, according to a senior IPSCDL official, may be brought in to assess water quality and also waste water management along the Mandovi riverfront.
Another area where M/s Lamor could be roped in to provide its expertise is bioremediation of Panaji's water bodies “ the Mandovi River, St Creek and the Ourem creek.
Meanwhile, the second company the IPSCDL is hoping to rope in is Helsinki headquartered M/s RiverRecycle. Its expertise includes combating plastic pollution in rivers and it currently operates in seven countries globally. It is a start-up dedicated to combating plastic pollution and boast of having now collected over 2.5 million kilograms of waste from rivers in countries where it operates “ India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Bangladesh and Ghana.
According to IPSCDL officials, M/s RiverRecycle which was established just five years ago, uses innovative solutions to collect and recycle plastic waste as well as other debris floating on rivers and water bodies.
IPSCDL's interest in these two Finnish companies grew when its officials held discussions with these two companies at a recent workshop which was facilitated by Finland's consulate here.
In addition to IPSCDL, officials of several other government departments, including the Public Works Department (PWD), Water Resources Department (WRD) and the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) had also interacted with experts from these two Finnish companies.
