CM exudes confidence Assam would contribute immensely to India’s global warming mitigation Goals

Guwahati: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on February 25 participated as the chief guest at the groundbreaking ceremony for the first-ever compressed biogas plant project in northeast India at Domora Pathar in Sonapur under the Kamrup (Metropolitan) district. The plant, which is being built by businessmen Pankaj Gogoi and Rakesh Doley under the name Redlemon Technologies Private Limited, is expected to begin operating in November 2023 and will have a 5 tonne-per-day production capacity for compressed biogas from raw materials like municipal solid wastes and cattle manure.

The Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, spoke at the occasion and expressed his confidence that the compressed biogas plant in Sonapur will significantly help the state’s government achieve its goal of making a progressive shift to cleaner and greener energy. The compressed biogas facilities, like the one being developed in Sonapur, would not only help with municipal solid waste management issues, but they would also give farmers another source of income because they would be able to sell livestock dung to the biogas producers. The organic fertilisers that would be generated as a byproduct of methane in such compressed biogas facilities, he further expressed the expectation, would offer a safer alternative to chemical fertilisers currently used throughout the State.

In reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledges to reduce India’s carbon emissions at international forums like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Chief Minister Sarma said Assam, like the other States, would do everything in its power to ensure that the nation is able to keep its commitments made on mitigating the effects of global warming.

The Chief Minister Sarma expressed his satisfaction that business owners were willing to explore new fields like the production of biofuel and biogas while also promising them of the government’s full support.

Tuliram Ronghang, the chief executive of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, Atul Bora, the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Dispur Assembly constituency, Manab Deka, as well as other invited guests and dignitaries, all attended today’s ceremony.

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