Staff Reporter :
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq plans to build a waste-based power plant using waste in Dhaka North City Corporation area by January 1 next year.
“I have a plan to free city dwellers from roadside waste that stinks. My priority has been shifted to waste management and use of waste,” the mayor said, adding that “With the Dhaka waste, at least 100MW power can be generated.”
Annisul Huq said this while inaugurating the second international
conference on ‘future of sustainable energy’ jointly organised by China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) Renewable Energy and a Chinese Photovoltaic company Solarland at Gulshan Club.
Annisul Huq said that the representative of the Chinese companies also expressed keen interest to build the waste-based power plant and pledged to work here.
He said, he wants to build “mid-stations” by January 1 next year so that waste collected from homes can be managed there before reaching the final landfill site.
Currently, small vans carry home waste and pile up at an open space before trucks collect those to dump at the landfill site on Dhaka suburbs.
This process pollutes environment and creates foul smell. Dhaka city produces around 5,000 tonnes of garbage a day. He said, he had targeted to build mid-stations by January 1. “But it’s not easy. We don’t have lands.”
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq plans to build a waste-based power plant using waste in Dhaka North City Corporation area by January 1 next year.
“I have a plan to free city dwellers from roadside waste that stinks. My priority has been shifted to waste management and use of waste,” the mayor said, adding that “With the Dhaka waste, at least 100MW power can be generated.”
Annisul Huq said this while inaugurating the second international
conference on ‘future of sustainable energy’ jointly organised by China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) Renewable Energy and a Chinese Photovoltaic company Solarland at Gulshan Club.
Annisul Huq said that the representative of the Chinese companies also expressed keen interest to build the waste-based power plant and pledged to work here.
He said, he wants to build “mid-stations” by January 1 next year so that waste collected from homes can be managed there before reaching the final landfill site.
Currently, small vans carry home waste and pile up at an open space before trucks collect those to dump at the landfill site on Dhaka suburbs.
This process pollutes environment and creates foul smell. Dhaka city produces around 5,000 tonnes of garbage a day. He said, he had targeted to build mid-stations by January 1. “But it’s not easy. We don’t have lands.”
