UP's 3rd smart waste mgmt transfer stn inaugurated in Varanasi

Varanasi: Kashi Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari recently inaugurated the third Smart Waste Management Transfer Station, constructed on approximately 15,000 square feet of land near the boundary of Jalkal at Shankuldhara Kund. It is the third such station in the state after Ghaziabad and Gorakhpur.

With the collaboration of HDFC Bank under its CSR initiative, a plant with a capacity of processing 120 tons of waste per day was built at a cost of Rs 5 crore by the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC). The smart transfer station is equipped with two static compactors, two hook loaders, and six capsule devices. Waste from houses and establishments in Bhelupur zone will be compacted into capsules and sent to the plant located in Karsada for disposal via hook loaders, ensuring no visible waste on the streets.

HDFC Bank zonal head Manish Tandon handed over the keys of the hook loader to the Mayor. The Mayor said that two years ago, there were 23 large garbage dumps in the city, of which 187 were closed, and the remaining will be shut down in the next couple of months. He also planted a sandalwood tree on the premises on the occasion.

Municipal commissioner Akshat Verma highlighted the contribution of the bank and the company ‘Hyva' in completing the modern smart transfer station within two months, ahead of schedule.