As part of the Green Kerala initiative of the State Government, the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) is all set to become green with the installation of own waste treatment plants in all their hotels and Tamarind KTDC easy hotels.
Except in Samudra, Kovalam, the waste treatment plants were installed in majority of the hotels. With the initiative, waste will not be taken out of the premises of these hotels.
According to KTDC chief engineer Madhusoodanan Pillai, biogas plants were set up in all the major hotels under the KTDC. Works have been completed in Mascot, Chaithram and Bolgatty Palace. The Tamarind KTDC easy hotels in Kayamkulam and Alappuzha too have the waste treatment facility. But in Samudra, Kovalam, the work is pending due to lack of space. The works are progressing on a war-footing in Thekkady and is expected to be completed soon. The State Government’s initiative to check the waste menace will be solved in the KTDC hotels, with the completion of the works in majority of the hotels, expected within a month.
Apart from the KTDC hotels, the Corporation also installed a biogas plant in the Thiruvananthapuram Museum with the support of the Museums and Zoo Department.
“The biogas produced from here is being used by the restaurants functioning on the premises of the Museum, which ensures that waste from the Museum compound will be treated in the place where it is generated,” Pillai said.
“With the completion of the work, KTDC will be an example of a department becoming green with biogas treatment plants. Waste water generated from these hotels will be recycled and used for gardening,” Madhusoodhanan Pillai said.
The expense of the plants will be met by the KTDC and implemented with the support of the Kerala Suchithwa Mission. As waste treatment is a social commitment of the KTDC, it will be implemented wherever possible by the Corporation.