Composting at Simhachalam Temple

Budget : 939 Lakhs (9.39 Crore)

Innovation Type (Process/ Product): Process

About the Project:

Simhachalam temple is a heritage and pilgrim place in South India. On a daily basis 3000-5000 pilgrims avail free lunch under Nityannadanam scheme. The temple generates around 200-300 kg of organic waste per day consisting of waste food, tulsi and flowers etc. To tackle the quantum of waste in the temple RINL - Vizag Steel Plant, installed a Compost Machine under at Simhachalam Devasthanam Temple premises under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the year 2018. The fully automatic and highly compact machine of 250 Kg capacity is capable of processing all kinds of organic waste into compost. The compost thus generated is proposed to be used for nurturing the temple gardens.

Sector : Solid Waste Management

Pilot City : Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Ownership : Visakhapatnam Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation

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