Pink Poultry project hangs in balance amid strong opposition
Belagavi: The fate of the much-talked-about Pink Poultry Farm project, planned on the premises of the Turmuri garbage dumpyard by the Belagavi City Corporation (BCC), hangs in the balance amid strong opposition from the local villagers.
The residents of Turamuri, who have been protesting for over a decade demanding the relocation of the existing garbage dumpyard, have brought the project to a standstill. The residents have been consistently demanding the relocation of the garbage dumpyard, citing persistent foul odours, an increase in stray dog population, and frequent contamination of well and borewell water in the village.
Despite the many long-standing concerns, BCC officials continue to dump waste from Belagavi city in Turamuri.
The daily waste generated in the city undergoes processing at Turamuri, and the wet and dry waste is segregated there. Along with this, the BCC intended to run a poultry farm on the same premises, which has been halted by the villagers, along with the local gram panchayat members. Sources said the gram panchayat members also met the women and child welfare minister Laxmi Hebbalkar and submitted a memorandum to stop the work of the Pink Poultry Farm and take steps to relocate the waste dumping yard.
The BCC authorities already built a shed to establish the poultry farm with a capacity of around 2,000 birds. There were plans to distribute the eggs produced in this poultry farm among around 1,400 civic workers in the city. According to BCC sources, around 130 tonnes per day (TPD) of wet waste and 80 TPD of dry waste is generated in the city per day. BCC has plans to feed the wet waste to the birds in the poultry farm.
Speaking to TOI, Hanumant Kaladagi, environmental engineer in the BCC, said, "The initiative here is modelled after the Pink Poultry project of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. It's a good project and won't harm the residents. However, we have halted the project following their opposition. We will try to convince the villagers and others of the importance of the project," Kaladagi said.
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