Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has created 220 composting pits in its 55 parks across the city to treat green garbage generated during cyclone Fani.
The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) on the other hand, which manages the big parks from 5 acres to more than 20 acres of size has also started new green composting pits at Madhusudan Park, Netaji Subash Chandra Park and Kharavela Park on a large scale to use the residual and especially leaves and other parts of the trees collected from the parks during the cleaning process.
BDA has already introduced compost pits at three major city parks and is using them regularly much before 2019. However, with the huge green waste generated following the severe cyclonic storm Fani, the development authority has added three more parks.
Officials said that green compost pits are sprinkled with water manually or through use of drip irrigation. Chemicals, biodigesters and jaggery (gur) are also used to make the composting process faster. The compost pits produce high-quality green manure which is best suited for the rearing of saplings
“The generation of green compost will also help in producing quality green manure which will be used in city-based parks for better growth of saplings,” said BMC Additional Commissioner Ananya Das.
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