Speaking at the project’s foundation laying ceremony, CMC Commissioner Badrani Jayawardane said that Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority has intervened to reduce the garbage problem in Colombo by initiating a Biogas production project at a place where organic matter is mostly concentrated.

She said the pilot project will help CMC to reduce the City waste management problem and clear the way to proceed with the goal of a “Garbage Free” city by 2012 as directed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The daily accumulation of market waste in the Jathikapola is about one ton.

Since the biodegradable waste can be separated on the site itself, this location is deemed suitable to initiate a pilot biogas project. The project will earn revenue of over 144,000 rupees per month by way of generating electricity and organic fertilizer.(NLK)