New Town gets its first biogas plant
A biogas plant in New Town that converts waste collected from houses, restaurants and offices into power started operating on Friday.
Two trucks filled with food waste collected from hawkers and food stalls in Sector V went to the plant where the waste was put into the “feeder and settler tanks” of the plant, an official of the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) said.
The waste will be allowed to “settle and decompose” for around a week before it starts generating biogas that will be used to light up streetlights in areas around the plant.
