Bhoomi Pooja for Bio-Gas Plant Performed at Tirumala

A 40-tonne capacity IOCL Biogas plant will be installed at Tirumala jointly by IOCL and TTD to which Bhoomi Puja was performed by the Additional EO Sri Ch Venkaiah Chowdary on Wednesday.

The plant is being set up in over 2.22 acres with a compost storage unit over 0.17 acres to generate 40 tonnes of gas daily.

In the plant costing ₹12.85 crores, TTD will invest ₹5.80 cores out of ₹7.05 cores while the remaining by IOCL.

On completion of the project, biogas generated from the mixed wastes every day shall be supplied through a 2.5 km long pipeline to the Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasadam complex (MTVAC).

TTD CE Sri Satyanarayana, DyEO Health Smt Ashajyoti, IOCL ED& SH Sri Anil Kumar, CGMs Sri YV Ramana Rao, Sri MRV Badrinath and others were present.