Karnal slaughter shops to be shifted outside city

Parveen Arora

Tribune News Service

Karnal, July 1

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has given a no-objection certificate (NoC) to the Karnal Municipal Corporation for shifting all 42 slaughterhouses to the effluent treatment plant (ETP) situated along the banks of the Western Yamuna Canal, which is located outside the city.

With this, the ETP can generate more bio-CNG which is produced after treating paddy stubble, animal’s excreta, waste from slaughterhouses, sewage, biodegradable waste and wet solid waste.

At present, the plant is generating 150 to 160 kg of bio-CNG by using around three tonnes of biodegradable waste. Now that the approval to shift the slaughterhouses has been granted, the ETP will get around three tonnes more waste, which will help in generating around 150 kg more bio-CNG.

“One kg of bio-CNG is equal to two units of electricity, which helps in powering around 100 streetlights daily in nearby areas,” said Nishant Kumar Yadav, MC Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.

“The district administration has served ultimatum on all slaughterhouses to shift their operations to the ETP by July 5, failing which their shops will be closed. The ETP will ensure proper disposal of waste generated from abattoirs and help in generating electricity,” he added.

Manish Aggarwal, Assistant Engineer (Electrical) at the ETP, said, “The plant was working smoothly. The plant’s capacity is to generate 900 kg of bio-CNG daily after processing 15 tonnes of waste.”

The MC had allotted the project of generating bio-CNG to a Delhi based company in 2016-17 for five years. It had cost around Rs 1 crore. The company had started trials in January 2018, but it had witnessed several hiccups. In the initial days, the ETP worked smoothly, but it stopped functioning later.