Hotels in Mysuru may have to set up Biogas Units.

The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is all set to make it mandatory for hotels, restaurants and choultries to have biogas plants to address the garbage menace from next month.

The initiative, if implemented effectively, will reduce landfills, say MCC officials. The officials will hold talks with the managements of hotels and other associations concerned shortly and convince them to install biogas generators.

Plans are on the cards to make it mandatory for choultries and hotels to convert waste into biogas, instead of dumping it somewhere.

According to MCC data, around 402 tonnes of waste is generated every day in the city, of which 40 per cent is dry waste and 60 per cent is wet waste.

During marriage season around 60 to 70 tonnes of waste is collected every day from nearly 125 choultries of the city. MCC health officer Dr H Ramachandrappa said: “The cost of each unit is around `5 lakh. If implemented properly, it will reduce the pressure on landfills. Choultry owners will be asked to reduce the use of plastics on their premises by making use of biodegradable materials. The move will be extended to hotels in the coming days.”

State Hoteliers Association president Rajendra, who also owns a choultry, said there is nothing wrong in setting up a biogas unit.


THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS