Sur Bahadur Singh
Surkhet, June 29: A biogas plant has been set up in Birendranagar of Surkhet district to produce clean energy and organic fertilizer from biodegradable waste.
The KP Commercial Pvt Ltd is the first and the only industry related to environmental sanitation and hygiene in the Karnali Province. Krishna Prasad Dhakal, a local entrepreneur from Surkhet, established the biogas plant at an investment of Rs 140 million. The biogas plant of 3,000 cubic metres capacity can process 30 tonnes of wastages at its full capacity.
At present, some 9 tonnes of organize nature, 15,000 litre liquid manure and 720 kg compressed natural gas (CNG) are being produced by the biogas plant for which the federal government and provincial government provided Rs 50 million and Rs 17.2 million respectively.
The usage of biogas plant which is based on German technology has contributed in environment protection and minimization of impact of climate change and job creation thereby aiding in obtaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said proprietor Dhakal.
He, however, lamented that the organic fertilizers and liquid fertilizers produced from the biogas are accumulated in big quantity in lack of proper market.
Much to the dismay, the fertilizers also do not fetch handsome price either, bemoaned Dhakal. Organic fertilizer is being sold at Rs 30 per kg while the liquid fertilizer is being sold at Rs 10 or Rs 12 per litre.
He himself has not used LPG gas cylinders for cooking for so long since he uses biogas for the same purpose. According to him, he has set up biogas plant in over 4,000 houses so far.
The biogas enterprise he is running has generated jobs for 17 people, said Dhakal who studied about biogas in Thailand, Cambodia, Germany and India among others.
He claimed that his biogas enterprise has been contributing to the Karnali Province’s government campaign to build organic Karnali Province. #Nepal
