Indore makes fuel, money from waste

Indore, Ta. 20
The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has been the cleanest city in the country for five consecutive years in its efforts to keep the city clean. Along with this, money is also earned by making fuel from indoor waste. The Indore Municipal Corporation receives an annual subsidy of Rs. 2 crore. Asad Warsi, the corporation's adviser for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, said the corporation would soon start a new bio-CNG plant with a capacity of 20 tonnes, which would increase its annual revenue from waste to Rs. 100 million. Currently, private companies manufacturing bio-CNG, compost and other products through wet-dry waste processing pay the corporation Rs. 3 crore. The city generates 200 million liters of wastewater daily, of which 110 MLD is reused in public gardens, farms and construction activities. The city's sanitation model is based on three r - reduce, reuse and recycle.