BMC finally finds bidders for WtE plant in Deonar?

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) might have finally found bidders for the Rs 600 crore Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant to be constructed at the Deonar dumping ground.

The BMC first started the bidding process for the project in 2016 but there were no takers and no proposals were received. MidDay reports that in September, the BMC finally received responses from three bidders including one European and two Indian companies.

Financial bids from three companies are being scrutinised after all of them qualified for the work. A contractor is likely to be finalised early next month. 

The WtE plant at Deonar which is based on a ‘Design, Build and Commissioning,’ model is expected to have a capacity to process around 3,000 tonnes of waste per day and generate power with a minimum of 25 MW.

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