Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport will become country’s first zero-waste airport with Union Civil Aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu inaugurating a recycle plant on Sunday.
MP Shankar Lalwani informed that the city is the cleanest in the country and it has fulfilled the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convert garbage to gold. Similarly, a target was set to make the city’s airport a zero-waste airport.
The basic concept behind making the airport zero waste is following four R i.e. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Restore. Earlier, the airport had to pay a fee to Indore Municipal Corporation for waste disposal, but after the construction of this plant, the airport will also earn from it in the coming days.
Arrangements have been made at the airport to dispose of wet and dry waste from airlines, shops and gardens. Compost manure will be made from wet waste, while dry waste will be separated. According to the bulk waste management rules, a material recovery facility has been constructed in a 3000-square-foot area.
IndiGo Airlines helped give shape to this entire project through the CSR fund. Along with this, Airport Authority of India, organisation Aas and IMC have also played a major role in bringing up the facility.
