TTD and IOCL establish a bio gas plant at Tirumala

TIRUPATI: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) came together on a green initiative to establish a biogas plant at Tirumala, with a capacity to handle 40 TPD (tonnes per day) to ensure sustainable energy generation as well as efficient waste management.

TTD’s additional executive Officer CH Venkaiah Chowdary formally laid the foundation stone for the same in the presence of IOCL’s executive director and state head B Anil Kumar on Wednesday.

The plant is required to primarily produce biogas intended for usage in kitchen burners/boilers for cooking or to produce steam for its Annadanam Complex.

The biogas will be used as cooking fuel in TTD’s kitchen along with LPG, which is the primary fuel.

The input to the plant is the mixed waste generated at Tirumala, including banana leaves, food waste, grass and green waste, dry leaves, vegetables, fruits, cow dung, flowers etc.

IOCL Chairman and Director (marketing) V. Satish Kumar, who played a key role in mooting the project, expressed hope that the initiative would go a long way in further strengthening the collaboration between IOCL and the TTD.

Similarly, IOCL also conducted a ‘Bhumi Puja’ for its divisional office building at Karakambadi Road downhill, which was performed by municipal corporation of Tirupati (MCT) commissioner N Mourya.



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