New Solid Waste Transfer Station to Open in Coimbatore, India

12 December 2011

A transfer station at a new Rs 960 million ($18.2 million) solid waste management project in the city of Coimbatore - a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu, India - is due to commence operations, according to a report in The Times of India.

The report said that the station is one of four similar facilities set up as part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) - a seven year, $20 billion city modernisation scheme launched by the India government's Ministry of Urban Development, and has been implemented on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis.

The Times said that the station is due to open in the next few days, however, it is yet to get power connection from the electricity board and will initially function with the help of power generators at the site.

The corporation is reported to have applied for a power connection from the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and is expected to be granted power within the next two weeks.

Operations at the transfer station are said to have been delayed due to a lack of proper access road, and road construction being held up by that laying of underground sewage lines to a sewage treatment plant located right next to the transfer station.

An alternate gravel route has now been completed, through which refuse collection vehicles will approach the transfer station to unload the waste collected from the city before it is segregated and sent for landfilling, incineration and other purposes.

The total capacity of the Ukkadam transfer station is reported to be 150 tonnes per day, and the project is being implemented in collaboration with New Delhi based UPL Environmental Engineers.

The report added that the city corporation is believed to currently handle over 550 tonnes of solid waste daily.


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