Students were taken for Study visit of solid waste management plant

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Students were taken for Study visit of solid waste management plant

Saturday, 27 May 2023 | Staff Reporter | BHOPAL

Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal (A Regional Centre of National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi) is organizing various environmental educational programmes under Summer Nature Study Programme- Green Teen for the students of class 8 to 10.

In continuation of the environmental educational programmes; ‘Study Visit of Solid Waste Management Plant’ at Thuakheda, Bhopal was arranged for the participants on 26 th May, 2023. During the visit, In-charge of the Plant Amit Shrivastava detailed that in India produces around 530 million  tones of Construction & Demolition waste every year. He informed that 100 tone per day construction & demolition waste can be process by this plant.

Amit Shrivastava told that it is situated in 4 acres of land provided by Bhopal municipal corporation, where a crusher plant, a fly ash bricks machine plant, one paver block making plant, a weight bridge with

all facilities like road, electricity, drainage, staff quarters is established, Around more than 400 botanical plants were roped. This plant has been a show case for Athens city too and producing quality fly ash bricks and paver blocks.

Amit Shrivastava told that in the provided waste steel, wood, plastic, soil, concrete are segregated and dumped separately in a yard. The crushable material is crushed and its aggregate of different grade is used for making fly ash bricks and paver blocks. This is helping to save environment and recycling the

dump construction & demolition waste. Manik Lal Gupta, Scientist-C was the coordinator of this programme.

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