SMC to develop new waste disposal site at Umbher, replacing the current one at Khajod

Surat: With Surat Diamond Bourse going to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister in December this year at Khajod, the nearby disposal site where entire Surat city’s waste is dumped will be shifted to Umbher.

A waste disposal site at Khajod has aged. Moreover, it is visible from the upper floors of Diamond Bourse. The city of Surat produces daily 2500 tonne waste. Khajod is at present the only location where it is dumped.

It is learnt that the Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) has identify a 3.40 lakh square meter land at Umbher near Sachin to set up a new solid waste disposal plant at an estimated cost of Rs. 90 crore. A proposal in this regard has been moved in the meeting of the Health committee of SMC. Once ready, this new site will have capacity to dump and process daily 3500 tonne waste. However the new waste disposal site will require the Coastal Regulator Zone(CRZ) clearance certificate.

The new site is allotted by the State government. The State government’s Forest and Environment department will give Term of Reference for go ahead of procedures pertaining to setting up the new site at Umbher. The new site shall be a sanitary landfill one with connecting roads, parking, workshop, office building, weighing scale among other facilities. DeshGujarat