N corpn ties up with IOC for WTE plant
Times Of India, Delhi   26-Nov-2020

During a meeting of its standing committee on Wednesday, North Delhi Municipal Corporation approved a proposal for setting up a second waste-toenergy plant at Ranikhera after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation limited.

The civic body is at present generating 4,500 metric tonnes of waste daily and of this, 2,300 MT is processed at the Narela-Bawana waste-to-energy plant, while the rest is being dumped at the Bhalswa landfill.

"While the 2,300 metric tonne of garbage generated from Keshavpuram, Civil Lines and Rohini zones is collected, segregated, processed and disposed of scientifically at the waste-to-energy plant, remaining 2,200 MT waste generated from Karol Bagh, City-Sadar Paharganj and Narela zones have no system for processing and goes directly to the landfill. Considering that the waste generation is increasing at a rate of 5%-7%, there is a need for making arrangements for processing the remaining waste," said a north corporation official.

The proposed plant will have a capacity to use 2,500 MT waste every day and generate refuse-derived fuel in minimum quantity.

The civic body will help Indian Oil or its concessionaire in obtaining grants and requisite permission for the project from the ministry of housing and urban affairs and other ministries. The IOC will be responsible for selection and appointment of concessionaire, technology adopted for processing waste and the out product. "The concessionaire will use the processed waste for producing plastic or syngas and compressed biogas. It will pay the corporation an amount per ton of MSW supplied," said the official.

The corporation, however, will be responsible for providing land at Ranikhera or next to Bhalswa site free of cost to IOC.