CUTTACK: The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) will start construction of an organic waste converter unit at Chhatra Bazaar in August. CMC commissioner Bikash Mohapatra said the civic body in collaboration with Tata Trust will set up the compost unit."Tata Trust has agreed to fund the project and we have identified a suitable piece of land at Chhatra Bazaar for it," he added.Civic body officials said Tata Trust will bear the expenses of all the equipment while CMC will run and maintain the Rs 10-lakh plant. The unit will exclusively deal with bio-degradable garbage, mainly rotten vegetables, generated from the market.In the organic waste converter unit, garbage will be recycled and converted into compost. CMC officials said the compost produced will be used in parks and nurseries managed by the civic body. Officials said a dedicated team will collect vegetables and other organic garbage from the market and drop it in the plant.Over 800 vegetable traders do business at Chhatra Bazaar. CMC sources said the vegetable market generates over 20 metric tonnes of garbage on any given day and most of it is biodegradable. However, due to poor garbage disposal system, the vegetable vendors throw the left over and rotten vegetables on the roadside which affects the ambience.

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