rural areas last september dr mukhoti was struck by a news that kmc was looking for a new dumping ground for the enormous municipal waste since then i have been engaged in developing a compact biogas plant that can convert waste into gas with high caloric value a biogaspowered train has been in service in sweden since 2005 dr bijonbiharimukhoti is a general physician who these days takes little interest in medicine chemistry is close to dr mukhotis heart but his baptism in chemistry was literary by fire the immediate benefit from owning a compact biogas system is savings in cooking cost after several trials i have developed the plant which holds the promise of converting the citys waste into huge amount of energy he said this is only a pilot project in cities majority of the people use lpg or kerosene for cooking as a hardcore member of the revolutionary ultraleft group the young mukhoti used to make lethal socket bombs in the turbulent 70s the advantage of this biogas plant is that you only need biodegradable domestic waste i became a doctor by default biogas is produced by the anaerobic digestion or fermentation of biodegradable materials like green waste plant materials andor other domestic wastes even as he checks his patients at dankuni hospital his mind stays in the terrace chuckled his wife sanjukta if the state government or any major agency comes up we can solve the citys wastedumping issue for the benefit of the citizens in nepal biogas is being used as a reliable source of rural energy the fuel can cook faster than lpg