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News from Indian Express …not a build-up…

City’s first biogas plant spews problems for nearby ரேசிதேன்த்ஸ்

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/city-s-first-biogas-plant-spews-problems-for-nearby-residents/1084877/

The first biogas plant of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) commissioned in 2010 as a solid waste management measure is making too much wrong noises.

……….Right to Information (RTI) Act revealed that MPCB field officers had found noise levels at the plant far higher than permissible limits.

The field visit of the MPCB also brought to fore that the complaint of the residents of foul smell, and excess methane being burnt leading to air pollution and effluents polluting the water had some substance to it……

Some excerpt from “Guidelines for Selecting Suitable Sites for Biogas Plants” Dr. Christian EPP, விப்

Possible neighborhood conflicts

Emissions, particularly smell and noise emissions cannot be avoided. Thus, the site has to be selected in view to possible conflicts with neighboring areas. Are there residential areas in proximity (this should be analyzed in view to the prominent wind direction?) For analyzing these potential conflicts a legal and a real level should be scrutinized:

On the legal level it should be analyzed:

- Is any legal planning instrument enforced which prohibits the installation of a biogas plant?

- Is any legal planning instrument enforced which defines using purposes in this neighborhood that might create conflicts (e.g. residential areas, areas of cultural heritage or nature protected areas)?

In engineering things are decided based on established standards and tangible evidences and not on face value.