Wealth from waste: Swachh Bharat team takes stock of biogas plant

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, September 18

A team of the Swachh Bharat Mission— Grameen (SBM) (G) visited biogas plant and wastewater treatment plant at Lambra village of Hoshiarpur district amid celebrations of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, commemorating the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence.

The team comprising Karanjit Singh, joint director SBM (G) and Ayam Majumdar, SLWM consultant visited Lambra village to study the biogas project and mechanism adopted for slurry management. Jaswinder Singh, project manager of the multipurpose Lambra Cooperative Society, explained in detail about the biogas plant and its usefulness to village residents. The project is based on modified PAU Janta Model Biogas Plant technology. He said the biogas plant has a capacity of 100 cubic metre per day and was commissioned in June 2016. At present, 46 household biogas connections are in operation and about 2,500 kg of animal dung is daily collected.

Jaswinder Singh said, to each household in Lambra, the biogas has become nearly three times cheaper than LPG. The slurry from the biogas plant is supplied to the consumer’s farm through a tanker by the society. Rs 600 per tanker (5,000 ltr) is charged from members. Efforts are being made to cover all households of four villages — Lambra, Kangri, Dadiana Kalan and Baggewal. The wastewater from the village is channelised into the plant through a drainage channel and is treated using fly ash based treatment technology.

‘Use treated water for irrigation purposes’

Jalandhar: Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBMG), Government of India, visited the three villages of Aur block of SBS Nagar to participate in the ‘Swachhta hi Sewa’ activities. The team led by Karanjeet Singh, joint director SBM (G) and Ayan Mujumdar, Consultant GOI visited villages Bakhlour, Bharta kalan and Karia, in Nawanshahr, where they explained the gram panchayat as well as other community members about the on-going campaign and their crucial role in it.

Karanjit Singh appreciated the efforts undertaken by the society and suggested to replicate such community-based models in other villages also.— TNS

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