Goemkarponn desk
CURCHOREM: Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) plant worth Rs 173 crore of 100 tonnes capacity likely to be inaugurated in May in Cacora-Curchorem.
According to the sources, the SWTP, for which the foundation stone was laid in December 2019 by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, is almost completed and most likely to be inaugurated in May after conducting a trial next week. This plant is worth 173 crores and with a capacity of 100 tonnes.
During his inspection of the plant last year, PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral had said that the shortcomings from the Saligao plant had been taken care of and accordingly, modification for this (Cacora) plant was made.
“A provision has also been made to generate 2 to 3 KW of gas-based plus solar power from this plant every day by using the factory’s entire rooftop,” he said.
It may be recalled that people from Curchorem and particularly from the Cacora ward were opposing the SWTP, and in 2012 it became the main issue during the municipality elections and later, even the then Curchorem MLA Shyam Satardekar was opposing this plant in Curchorem during Assembly elections.
But Cabral assured that he would study the functioning of the plant at Saligao and then only give his nod to the plant in Curchorem only if the people were fully satisfied.
He also took stakeholders, including some Curchorem-Cacora Municipal Council councillors, to foreign countries to see and study the functioning of this type of plant.
Cabral also said that the neighbouring municipalities/panchayats from Talukas of Quepem, Sanguem, Dharbandora and Canacona have to segregate and keep it at their own respective premises, which would be collected by the company’s vehicles.
