The city corporation in Coimbatore, India has brought 19 of the 34 micro composting centers that were constructed under the smart city scheme to operation. All the 19 centers are handling wet wastes, and they are in the process of purchasing machinery to bring another six micro composting centers to operation. While the proposal was to set up 69 micro composting centers with a capacity of either five or two tonnes across the corporation limits at a cost of 4618 crore, only 34 centers have been completed so far. Of the 34 centers, 22 have a capacity to process five tonnes of waste at a time, and the remaining centers come with a capacity to process two tonnes of wastes. Harmila said they would be constructing five more micro composting centers taking the total number to 39. The centers would take care of the waste in their respective areas thus preventing additional load on vellalore dump yard.
