# Coimbatore-Tirupur waste-to-energy plant tender deadline extended again 2026-10-02T03:11:53+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The tender deadline for a waste-to-energy plant serving the Coimbatore-Tirupur cluster has been extended to 31 October, the fourth extension since the project was announced in the 2025 state budget. The Rs 450 crore facility, planned at the Vellalore dump yard with a capacity of 1,200 tonnes per day, was first tendered in February. Activists and local groups are opposing the project. R Sathish Kumar, a Tirupur activist, said the lack of investors shows the project should be reconsidered, calling incineration unsustainable. He cited the Kodungaiyur plant in Chennai, where fly ash caused health hazards and led to its shutdown. K S Mohan of the Kurichi-Vellalore Pollution Prevention Action Committee demanded a decentralised waste management model instead. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The repeated extensions suggest weak investor interest in the Rs 450 crore incineration project, a point activists are using to argue against it. The source leaves unresolved whether the corporation can find a bidder or will be forced to drop the cluster approach. The 31 October deadline is the next concrete milestone to watch. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Reports activist criticism directly without editorial framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Coimbatore, Tirupur, Vellalore, waste to energy Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/coimbatore-tirupur-waste-to-energy-plant-tender-deadline-extended-again/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/coimbatore-tirupur-waste-to-energy-plant-tender-deadline-extended-again/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/