New Delhi: Delhi’s first bio-CNG plant, which will convert wet waste into compressed gas, will become operational by Sept-end. This is situated near Okhla’s landfill. Municipal Corporation of Delhi plans to develop another bio-CNG plant at Ghoga in northwest Delhi this year.
The facility at Okhla is targeted to process around 300 tonnes of domestic wet waste every day and 40% work has already been completed at the site. “We had planned to complete the project by June-end initially, but seeing the progress at the site, a fresh deadline has been fixed. The facility will accept the wet waste generated from the central and south zones of MCD,” said an official.
The site was earlier utilised for a composting plant. The agency developing the plant has signed an MoU with IGL for transferring the gas generated after processing of the waste. “The plant is spread across seven acres and the work for installation of two digester units has been completed,” said the official.
The second plant at Gogha will be constructed on a 3.5-acre area by IGL. It is likely to become operational by year-end. “It will treat 100 tonnes of waste every day and 10-15% work has been completed at the site. The wet waste generated from Narela zone will be sent to this place on a daily basis. Here also, one digester will be constructed as the capacity of the plant is small. These plants will play a vital role in disposal of wet waste,” said another official.
MCD is already processing and disposing wet waste at 231 local compositing units, which can process 563 tonnes of waste every day. “More such decentralised units would have been developed by us, but finding an appropriate site is a challenge,” the official added.
Meanwhile, the corporation is working on a project for reclaiming the site at Singhola after biomining over 8 lakh tonnes of silt. Mixed waste was dumped here by various agencies in the past.
