Private company's earnings in VMC space: Plastic grains and roads will be made from plastic waste coming out of Vishwamitri river

The government and the municipal corporation have undertaken the work of deepening the Vishwamitri and Ajwa-Pratappura lakes to prevent the situation like last year's devastating floods in the Vishwamitri river passing through the city. The private company is earning money from the plastic waste coming out during this operation by setting up a unit in the municipal space. It is worth mentioning that due to the target of completing the Vishwamitri project in 100 days, the number of machinery is being increased by the municipality day by day. So far, 590 metric tonnes of plastic waste has been removed from the Vishwamitri river bed and lakes. It is planned to re-process this waste plastic and prepare plastic grains from it and road making material from waste. Road material will be made from plastic waste Kashyap Shah, an official of the Solid Waste Department, said that the plastic waste released during the ongoing work under the Vishwamitri project is taken to the Atladara unit. There is a plan to process it and prepare plastic grains and road making material from it. However, this work has to be done as per the guidelines of the GPCB. Land given to the company on PPP basis He further said that in the year 2022, land at Atladara has been allotted to Eco Vision Company on PPP basis by Vadodara Corporation. The company segregates and reprocesses plastic from the waste coming out of the city. This company makes grains from waste plastic. Till date, the municipality has not received any financial benefit from this company. 590 tonnes of plastic waste discharged from river At present, plastic waste is being transported by this company from the Vishwamitri river. So far, 590 tonnes of plastic waste has come out. Eco Vision Company is reproscating and making grains from it and will prepare materials as per the guidelines of GPCB to be useful in building roads. It is worth mentioning that this company has been earning from plastic waste since 2022 by setting up the company in the land given by the Vadodara Corporation. The municipality has not benefited from a single rupee in the work being done on PPP basis.