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GarbaGe for enerGy

Vikram cement

By mr. Sunil kumar kanthed and mr. anil maheShwari

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Vikram cement

While Reddipalyam Cement Works has made a success out of using agro

waste and industrial waste as an alternate fuel, Vikram Cement is the first company in the Indian cement industry to use municipal solid waste (MSW) to replace a part of its fossil

fuel. Apart from being an extremely environment-friendly alternative to fossil fuel, it serves society by tackling the aggravating problem of ever-increasing piles of waste.

Too much garbage The generation of MSW has

reached alarming proportions, with indian cities on an average generating at least 40 million tonnes of MSW daily. it is a daily struggle to collect, store, segregate, treat and

When you toss that piece of plastic into the waste-paper bin, do you ever think of its value? At Vikram Cement, what’s

garbage for the common man is worth its weight in coal!

Vikram Cement team: (From left) Mr. A. K. Roy Choudhary, Mr. Sitaram Sharma, Mr. Prahalad Nair, Mr. Anil Maheshwari, Mr. Nitesh Soni, Mr. Akhilesh Saxena, Mr. O. P. S. Thakur and Mr. R. S. Jhala

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dispose waste; moreover, arbitrary dumping of waste is a serious environment and health hazard. “However, when looked at as a fuel,

MSW is enough to produce around 80 million tonnes of cement annually, almost 25 per cent of india’s total cement manufacturing capacity,” said Mr. Sunil Kumar Kanthed, General Manager, Project and Development, Vikram Cement.

Tap that energyin a commendable example of public-private partnership, UltraTech Cement (at that time the legalities were

mr. sunil kumar kanthed, general manager, project and development, vikram cement

alternate fuel feeding system at Vikram cement

When looked at as a fuel, MSW is enough to produce around 80 million tonnes of cement annually, almost 25 per cent of india’s total cement manufacturing capacity.

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completed by Grasim industries) entered into an agreement with Jaipur Municipal Corporation to set up its MSW processing plant at Langriyawas village about 26km from Jaipur. Spread over 25 acres of land, the plant is based on world-renowned German technology that converts MSW into refuse-derived fuels (RDF) or fuel derived from waste, in the form of “fluff”. Commissioned in January 2007, the plant is capable of extracting 150 tonnes of RDF

per day from 500 tonnes of MSW, which is supplied by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation daily.

The successful public-private partnership of the MSW plant at Jaipur and the alternate fuel feeding system at Vikram can be replicated in other

states and cement plants.

This unique initiative will help contain the ever-increasing problem of dealing with MSW by saving on landfill sites and creating a healthy pollution-free environment for future generations. This project once again demonstrates Aditya Birla Group’s belief that they need to treat earth well: “it was not given to us by our parents, it has been lent to us by our children.” n

(With inputs from Mr. Anil Kumar Gupta and Mr. Bimal Kumar Modi)

municipal Solid waSte plant at jaipur