E-compost for Nashik station on the cards

  • | Sunday | 17th March, 2019

“Since we are now an eco-smart station, it is expected that our teams will deal with everything required and produced on our premises. Nashik: The Railways is planning to install a food waste digester, which is an electronic compost system, at the Nashik Road railway station after it was selected as one of the eco-smart stations in the country.The station comes in A1 category of Bhusawal division on the Central Railway. It has been included in the list of eco-smart stations and the primary objective is to treat the biodegradable waste generated on the premises.“At present the waste generated in the station is the collected at one place. After cleaning, the system is ready for the next day process,” the official said.The product cost is more than 3.5 lakh and the Railways doesn’t have enough funds at present. From there it is handed over to the municipal corporation’s garbage van, which takes the further required action.

Nashik: The Railways is planning to install a food waste digester, which is an electronic compost system, at the Nashik Road railway station after it was selected as one of the eco-smart stations in the country.The station comes in A1 category of Bhusawal division on the Central Railway. It has been included in the list of eco-smart stations and the primary objective is to treat the biodegradable waste generated on the premises.“At present the waste generated in the station is the collected at one place. From there it is handed over to the municipal corporation’s garbage van, which takes the further required action. The eco-smart category wants the Railway station to be responsible for the waste produced,” a senior railway official, who is part of the committee on eco-smart development, said.The first meeting of the committee after the announcement of the same was recently held. “Since we are now an eco-smart station, it is expected that our teams will deal with everything required and produced on our premises. The developmental activities will be carried systematically. The issue about biodegradable waste was discussed during the first meeting of the committe. Installation of a bio-digester that composts the waste into manure with a day was suggested,” the senior official said.“The bio-digester is installed in the canteen of many facilities in Nashik and can be tailor made as well. It works on power and produces manure within a span of eight hours only. After cleaning, the system is ready for the next day process,” the official said.The product cost is more than 3.5 lakh and the Railways doesn’t have enough funds at present. “We will now present our request to the General Manager, who in turn will put up before the Railway Board and then the decision to buy the product will be taken,” the official said, adding that the administration is also considering to take the help of people, non-governmental organisations, corporate social responsibility funds for the same.

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