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GWMC proposal to MMC to set up15TPD bio-digester at Sonsodo raises queries

MARGAO

Margao Municipality’s proposal to set up a 5TPD bio-methanation in the wholesale fish market has raised many an eyebrow in the corridors of the Civic body.

For, the  Goa Waste management Corporation (GWMC) has sent a proposal to the Margao Municipality to set up a 15TPD bio-digester at  Sonsodo to take care of the city’s future requirements. The GWMC has apparently prepared the 15TPD bio-digester proposal at Sonsodo in view of the ongoing proceedings in the High Court on Sonsodo.

The question that remains unanswered is if the GWMC has sent a proposal to set up a bio-digester proposal at Sonsodo to the MMC, why is the civic body rushing with the proposal to set up a 5TPD bio-methanation plant at the wholesale fish market when it is clear now that a bio-methanation plant does not even accept egg shells nor onion skin, leave alone thermocol and fish waste.

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Proposal to set up second 5TPD plant at wholesale market mired in mystery

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Nov 27, 2023, 12:24 AM IST
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Proposal to set up second 5TPD plant at wholesale market mired in mystery

MARGAO Margao Municipality’s discreet proposal to set up a second 5TPD bio-methanation plant at the wholesale sale fish market is mired in mystery when the existing 5TPD plant is struggling to operate as per the laid down norms.The bigger question, however remains unanswered “ who’s behind the MMC proposal to set up the bio-methanation plant in the wholesale fish market when the market generates only thermocol and fish waste, which is not accepted by a bio-methanation…

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