Indore IAS Officer Who Cleared 13 Lakh Tonnes Garbage Is Converting The Landfill Into A Forest

According to 2018's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan's ranking, Indore has been declared the cleanest city of India for the second time. This laurel hasn't come easy for the city, people have worked hard for it.

Take for instance the initiative by the Indore Municipal Corporation and Indore Municipal Commissioner, Asheesh Singh. They are working on converting a garbage landfill site into a city forest with a proper plan for waste management.

Asheesh Singh- Twitter/Representational Image- Unsplash

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A few days ago, they managed to clear over 13 lakh tonnes of garbage in just six months in Indore. The garbage is now being used to generate both fuel and manure, according to the plan.

What an achievement of team Indore!!
Before and after photos of Indore¡¯s garbage dumpsite. We toiled day and night for 6 months and reclaimed 100 acres of land worth 300+ crores. #IndoreRahegaNo1 @CMMadhyaPradesh @MoHUA_India @Secretary_MoHUA @SwachhBharatGov @PMOIndia @swarup58 pic.twitter.com/3Wg5zhagsT

¡ª Asheesh Singh (@AsheeshSg) December 24, 2018

According to PTI, Indore aims to become a ¡®zero landfill¡¯ and ¡®garbage free¡¯ city with eco-friendly disposal of garbage with the use of modern technology that includes a plant for conversion of plastic waste into burning fuel.

Asheesh Singh told Indiatimes, ¡°It all started with segregating the waste into wet and dry garbage- done by robotic machines. The dry garbage is then sold to the junk dealer and we also convert the plastic into fuel. The polythenes were also sent to cement plants and were used in road construction, and the rubble from the waste was used for making new building materials.¡±

Plant To Generate Burning Fuel/ANI

¡°After cleaning up, we thought how do we clear the 13 lakh tonnes of garbage from the landfills? To clear this garbage with machinery and resources we need 5 years and Rs 65 crore but it is not possible as the urban local body does not have that much money."

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"First, we were thinking of making a golf course there but we changed our plan and now we are making a city forest. We have reclaimed 100-acre land in which we¡¯ll use 10-acre land for a garden and 90 acres land for the city forest,¡± he said.

This idea of converting a grimy landfill into a beautiful city forest is brilliant, and if all the cities can follow suit, we'll soon be able to rid India of garbage and make it cleaner.