MYSORE: The leading tier-II city that bagged second slot in the nation-wide survey on sanitation, is aiming to put its wastes to generate fuel.

The eco-friendly bio-gas will be used for power generation and also as fuel for public transport vehicles.

An expert team from Sweden on Wednesday did a little ground work visiting the solid waste management plant and sewerage plants in the city. The MCC , which has entered into an MoU with a Swedish municipality to convert the wastes into fuel, extended the data needed to work out the action plan.

The Swedish team, led by Carina Farm , met the corporation commissioner K S Raykar and discussed the details with him. The team comprises Ronald Alsbro and Svante Sundquist, which is here as a follow-up visit to the five-member team from the MCC that was in Sweden a year ago. The MCC and the Eskilstuna municipality have agreed to help each other in maintaining the city under the sister-city concept.

The team collected data like amount of solid waste generated daily, its composition, segregation and how it is presently handled. It also took note of the locations where these plants are located. This information will be used to set-up the bio-gas plant, to produce methane, said superintending engineer Suresh Babu.

The MCC has requested the Swedish civic body to extend the technology and also to assist them in setting up the plant. The team will work out the details and come back by August, the SE explained. The amount of methane produces and the ways of using it will be worked out by the Swedish experts, he stated.

The team visited sewage treatment plants at Kesare and Rayanakere and to solid waste treatment plant at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram.

According to the SE, the Swedish municipality has expertise in the bio-gas sector and is presently operating its fleet of 45 city buses on methane. The Swedish town has a population of 1 lakh and is handing its waste efficiently, he stated. The bio-gas is also sold, since it is produced in excess there, he said. Eskilstuna is located south-east of Sweden.

The idea is to efficiently use the solid waste generated in the city and to use it for fuel generation so that dependence on the electricity is lessened. This comes amidst Mysore getting the Centre's project to make its street-lighting system operate on solar power.