The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come together with Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh Mandal for a new waste-to-energy initiative called ‘Prasad to Power’. The project will recycle wet waste generated from the mandal’s prasad kaksh and convert it into renewable electricity for civic and government hospitals.
As per the plan, around metric tonnes of wet waste is expected to be processed every day during the Ganesh festival. Over the 11-day Ganesh Chaturthi period, the BMC plans to process at least 80 metric tonnes of organic waste. The project will make around 7,744 units of renewable electricity during the festival.
The electricity will be used at four hospitals in Mumbai. These include King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Kasturba Hospital, GTB Hospital and Sion Hospital. The power generated will be used in common areas, corridors and patient wards.
The waste collected from Lalbaugcha Raja will be transported to BMC’s biomethanation facilities located at Nair Hospital, Kasturba Hospital, GTB Hospital and Sion Hospital. Each of these facilities can process around two metric tonnes of wet waste every day.
Lalbaugcha Raja is among Mumbai’s oldest and most popular Ganesh mandals. It attracts large numbers of devotees from across the country during the festival. Large quantities of flowers and prasad are offered to the idol each year. Much of this organic waste is usually discarded after the offerings are collected.
Through ‘Prasad to Power’, the BMC and the mandal will divert this waste for processing. The organic material will be treated at the biomethanation plants and used to generate renewable energy. The initiative will also encourage segregation of waste at its source.
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