Dharan, a sub-metropolis in the eastern hills, is planning to generate energy from waste. It has already signed a 20-year agreement with ‘Venture Waste to Energy Pvt Ltd’. The company has said that it will immediately start generating energy after installing a plant with a daily capacity of processing 30 metric tons of trash. According to Dharan’s mayor Tara Subba, the agreement has paved the way for making the town even prettier and cleaner. He added that the plant would create local jobs and help reduce imports.

 

The plant will have three units, said Jenesh Shrestha, chairman of the power plant company, at its joint press conference with the Dharan sub-metropolitan office. The first plant will separate the trash, the sec­ond will produce natural cooking gas and the third will bottle gas.

 

Sunil Nepal, project manager at Dharan sub-metropolitan office, said the town produces 35 metric tons of waste every day, of which 22 metric tons can be used to generate gas. He added that the waste Dharan produc­es can generate 1,100 kg of natural cooking gas and 5,600 kg of organic fertilizer every day. “This venture is the first of its kind in Nepal,” said deputy mayor Manju Bhandari.

 

By RATNAPRASAD ACHARYA, DHARAN