Coimbatore-Tirupur waste-to-energy plant tender deadline extended again

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.