India, July 24 -- The Greater Noida authority is set to launch a solar-based sludge processing initiative using Solar Dry Sludge Management (SDSM) technology in a bid to make urban sewage management more sustainable, officials said on Wednesday. The project aims to dry the sludge using solar power to reduce the waste load from sewage treatment plants (STPs) and convert the resulting sludge into usable organic compost for horticultural use.

The pilot project will be implemented at the 137 million litres per day (MLD) sewage treatment plant in Kasna, the city's largest STP. If successful, the initiative will be replicated across other STPs in Badalpur (2 MLD), Ecotech-2 (15 MLD), and Ecotech-3 (20 MLD). The funding structure for the projec...