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Gurugram civic body revives decade-old waste-to-energy plant plan
The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) plans to sign an MoU with a government company to build a waste-to-energy plant at Kasan village in Manesar, reviving a project pending for nearly a…
The Story in Brief
The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) plans to sign an MoU with a government company to build a waste-to-energy plant at Kasan village in Manesar, reviving a project pending for nearly a decade. The plant will process fresh municipal waste from Gurugram and Manesar and generate electricity, reducing the daily inflow to the Bandhwari landfill, which holds an estimated 16-17 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste.
MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya said the MoU is being finalised. After signing, technical specifications, capacity and operational framework will be set before tenders are issued. The decision to use a government company instead of a private concessionaire follows years of delays over land identification and agency selection. Land at Kasan has already been fenced.
The Indian Opinion
Noida and Ghaziabad, two cities that also struggle with landfill crises, will watch closely whether Gurugram succeeds where similar waste-to-energy plants have stalled. The real test is not the MoU signing, that is a formality, but whether the project secures a power purchaser via a signed PPA and gets constructed within three years. Until then, the Bandhwari mountain of 16-17 lakh metric tonnes keeps growing.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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