This story is from March 14, 2020

Bihar's Bhojpur launches project on waste management

The Bhojpur district administration in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) and Unicef as its knowledge partner, has launched a pilot project on domestic waste management in three panchayats having a population of around 20,000 households.
Bihar's Bhojpur launches project on waste management
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PATNA: The Bhojpur district administration in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) and Unicef as its knowledge partner, has launched a pilot project on domestic waste management in three panchayats having a population of around 20,000 households.
While liquid wastes will be cleaned by some aquatic plants to be developed on constructed wetlands, solid wastes will be shredded, bundled and sold to the agencies working under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Patna.
Money generated through the sale of wastes will be used for development work in the panchayats concerned.
“It is a pilot project designed to suit the rural areas and being based on technologies provided by IIT-P and the Unicef. It will serve multiple purposes of keeping the villages clean and generate re-chargeable resources of ground water,” Bhojpur DM Roshan Kushwaha said.
A two-day workshop on this project begun at the IIT-P on Friday, which was inaugurated by the principal secretary, rural development department Arvind Kumar Chaudhary, Bhojpur DM and several other officials of the district.
The Bhojpur DM said that initially the project has been launched in three panchayats—Dawan, Bampali and Nargada and the IIT-P team has already inspected the sites. “For liquid wastes treatment, all the small drains of a panchayat will be connected to a single large drain, which will empty its discharge on a specially constructed wetland,” said Kushwaha.
He added, “The water after microbial cleaning will be used for irrigation, fishery and other works. The project will come to ground in a month, after which other villages will be selected for the second phase of work.”
Unicef consultant on water, sanitation and hygiene Nikhil Kumar Singh said about 10 pollutant absorbing plants, including Canna Indica, Phragmites Australis, Glyceria Maxima and Baumea Articulata species for microbial cleaning have been selected for the purpose. “”The sewage water after treatment by these simple techniques will finally have the access to the existing water bodies like ponds and ditches for use in irrigation, fishery and other purposes,” he said.
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