India trip 2004
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FEBRUARY 02, 2004 � VELLORE
(pronounced Vale-ooru), TAMIZH NADU
At the invitation of the Vellore District Collector, whom I had contacted earlier, I went to Vellore- primarily to see an Integrated Waste
Management Plan operating in 3 locations in that district- all executed with planning and expertise from Exnora Green Cross and the drive of a young man by name SRINIVASAN.
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A remarkable young man, who (my good luck- he is very busy and travels all over for the same cause) was in town that day and was kind enough to make time to tour and educate me.
Srinivasan has established a semi urban, a semi rural and a rural (3) Zero Waste Management Programs. Simply amazing.
Simply stated the trash is collected, sorted. The organic waste is composted and the inorganic sorted and sold.
I will focus on the village model only in this report.
The Srinivasan model is simple. Agri waste and such are to be fed to cattle. Cattle in exchange deliver dung.
The dung is then fed to a bio gas plant and the plant delivers gas and rich slurry.
The slurry along with other organic wastes is fed to an army of worms which compost the waste and
by adding their castings deliver high quality compost which can be
returned to mother earth.
Friends, this is not theory... Srinivasan has put this into practice.
This whole process plays out in a simple, clean shed on this tiny village where the Panchayat leader has gathered the support of
the whole village and SH Groups operate the composting.
REMARKABLE.
infraSys is looking into duplicating this model in other villages.
infraSys will build and operate the unit in cooperation with the
village panchayat and SHGs and turn over ownership once it becomes
self-sustaining.
I had left Chennai at 7:00 am by Brindavan Express and I caught it on
my way back at 6:00 pm to reach Chennai Central at 8:30 pm.
Yes... I did look for Murugamma - even though I knew that her 12 hour workday would have ended at
6:00 pm.
Now to catch the Trichy Express from Egmore at 10:30 pm.
TO PUDUKKOTTAI... NEXT TOP
Two operators normally.
The color green designates "bio degradable" and red designates "inorganic" wastes.
