In a bid to give the industrial waste disposal facility in Jajpur district especially in Sukinda area a boost, Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) has signed an agreement with Hyderabad-based Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited here yesterday. IDCO MD Mr Vishal Dev and Ramky MD Mr. Ravi Kant signed the agreement in the presence of senior environment engineer of state pollution control board (SPCB) Dr DK Behera. Seventy acre land in Jajpur district has already been allotted to the waste management company for setting up of the treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF). In the first phase, the project cost will be around Rs 33 crore, which is expected to be commissioned within six months. It would be a state-of-the-art facility complying with the provisions of hazardous waste (management and handling) Rules-1989 as amended, said Mr Dev and added that the facility shall comprise of engineering land fill, laboratory, waste handing transport and equipment, waste disposal facility, latched facility, waste storage facility.
Source: The Statesman
23rd December 2007