MCD to generate power from garbage

Unveiling the civic body’s garbage management plans in a conference at the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) yesterday, Mayor Arti Mehra said,” The Delhi government has already invited tenders to convert solid waste into Refuse Drive Fuel (RDF) in order to generate electricity in Bawana.”

The conference was held in conjunction with the ‘Cool the Earth’ initiative.

Delhi Environment Secretary JK Dadoo said the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has authorised three plants in Okhla, Timarpur and Ghazipur to convert solid waste into RDF.

Drawing attention to “overflowing” landfill sites at Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalaswa, Mehra said the Delhi government has asked the Centre to consider the use of thermal plasma technology to dispose solid waste in Delhi.

Mehra said Rohini and Civil Lines zones would become the first ‘zero dhalao areas’ in Delhi: private solid waste management companies would take waste from homes to landfill sites.

While making a presentation on the initiative, Sanjeev Agarwal of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said the MCD’s plan of action includes implementing collection of door-to-door waste, fines for littering and creating sanitary landfills to process waste.