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The WtE plant in Okhla seems to comply with all governmental and environmental standards, according to local state officials. A joint inspection was conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution…
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The WtE plant at Bandhwari, Indian state of Haryana, is supposedly going to re-open during the next week, after it had been shut down for four years. This has been reassured by the Municipal Corporation…
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As was reported by The Hindu, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission of the state of Kerala is still waiting for the a statement and price proposal by the Corporation of the municipality of Kochi. The…
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The WtE project in the city of Indore is object of petition. According to The Times of India, the project is accused of missing approvals from the state and local authority level as well as…
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Some new details on the proposed WtE project at the Moshi landfill site, near Pimpri Chinchwad, have surfaced this week: The envisioned WtE plant is expected to generate 11MW of power and will be built…
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The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has released its budget plans for 2017-2018. According to The Times of India, the plans include investments into health infrastructure and targets to improve the waste management system. According to…
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In the run-up to the Assembly elections, the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee has presented a blueprint to manage the problem of municipal solid waste in order to make the city cleaner. According to The Times…
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The two WtE projects in the villages of Kannahalli and Mavallipura in the city region of Bengaluru, Karnataka, seem to be failing to attract bidders. The invitation for tenders had started in February, both plants…
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According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, the implementation of the planned WtE plant in the district Deonar is likely to take 3 years. MC’S plan is to treat around…
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According to The Times of India, two firms have supposedly signed contracts with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to process municipal waste and produce energy from it. The said companies are Abellon Clean Energy and…
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New information has been revealed on the progress of the planned WtE plant at Astoli, near Noida, Uttar Pradesh region. On Moday, March 20th, 2017, Noida’s authorities started initiating a tender process for the selection…
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In a rather vague statement, the state government of Andhra Pradesh has announced that they have taken first steps towards the creation of 6 new WtE plants for the region. According to The Hindu, the…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning a WtE plant in Deonar, a suburb of Mumbai, as Mid Day reported. BMC is likely to shut down its Mulund dumping ground in July this year and…
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New developments have occurred in connection with the proposal of a WtE project in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, which was announced earlier this year. Kozhikode Corporation has now sent a proposal to Partner Kerala…
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New developments have occurred in connection with the proposal of a WtE project in the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, which was announced earlier this year. Kozhikode Corporation has now sent a proposal to Partner Kerala…
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According to The Hindu, the Narela-Bawana WtE plant in Delhi has been officially inaugurated. With a capacity of 24 MW, the facility is the country’s largest WtE plant now. After many delays and an intervention…
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As reported by The Times of India, the private company Jyoti Envirotech has been replaced as waste management body for the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation came to this decision after…
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A committee led by the urban development secretary inspected the landfills of Bhalswa, Delhi region and Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. This was reported by The Times of India. The inspection was directed by the National Green…
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As part of the development plan Bhosari Vision 2020, a new WtE project at the landfill in Moshi, Pune Metropolitan Region was mentioned. The announcement lacked specific details but the plans are said to have…
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According to The Times of India, after several delays, the new WtE plant at Shimla will start its trial run of operation on March 20th 2017. Afterwards, the commercial operation is scheduled to begin on…
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After having been rescheduled multiple times already, the launch of the WtE plant in Narela-Bawana, New Delhi, is supposedly going to take place next month. According to The Times of India, the inauguration is set…
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The state government of Andhra Pradesh has officially agreed to the construction of 11 new WtE plants in 11 different locations within the state, as reported by The New Indian Express. All of these sites…
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Due to the increasing problem of waste management in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has announced that he directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to expedite the construction of a WtE plant as a…
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Two WtE facilities are planned in the villages of Kannahalli and Mavallipura within the city region of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Karnataka, according to the Deccan Herald. The plants should each treat 160,000 tons of waste…
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According to The Times of India, New Delhi’s National Green Tribunal has formally overruled a residents’ plea for relocation of the Okhla WtE plant. A fine of around USD 2.5 million was imposed on M/S…
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The Pune Catonment Board (PCB) has determined a contractor for the WtE project in Hadapsar, as reported by The Times of India. The PCB has decided to award a BOT contract to an unnamed Thai…
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The planned WtE facility at the New Delhi railway station is set to go operational in June 2017. This was reported by the Hindustan Times. The capacity will amount to 4,800 tpy and the plant…
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State officials have given their consent for the construction of a INR 75 million WtE project in the town of Jamnagar, Gujarat. This was reported by The Times of India. The facility should process up…
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News updates on the construction of a new WtE plant in Astoli, a part of the city of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, indicate that the construction of the site should be finished by 2018, even though…
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After the waste treatment plant in Bandhwari, Haryana, has been inactive due to a fire in 2013, the plan to build a WtE facility at the site seems to move forward. According to Hindustan Times,…
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A WtE project is currently being discussed in the city of Kozhikode, as The Hindu reported. The plans were presented in a detailed project report by Health Inspector Krishna Kumar, envisaging a waste capacity of…
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The plans for a WtE project in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, are about to be accomplished. The civic bodies Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority and the New Town Kolkata Development Authority have agreed to cooperate…
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India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held the final hearing in the lawsuit against the Okhla WtE facility. However, it has reserved a final verdict so far, according to The Hindu. Local residents have claimed…
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The lieutenant governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has asked the Delhi’s municipal corporations to produce new time schedules for their proposed WtE projects. WtE plants developed on behalf of the North Delhi…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) standing committee has reportedly approved the funds for the Nagpur WtE project. According to The Times of India, the 11.5 MW facility will be set up by a consortium consisting…
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The Jaipur WtE project was reported to have stalled, as no Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) for the plant has been finalised so far. According to The Economic Times, plant construction should be handled by Vidyut…
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According to The Times of India, the Brahmapuram WtE project should be built without conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). A Detailed Project Report (DPR) from the Kochi Municipal Corporation (KMC) states that central government…
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The state government of Andhra Pradesh has proposed to set up a WtE plant in Venkatachalam, a village in the Nellore district. As said, the plant should be developed as a public private partnership (PPP)…
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The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has reached an agreement with project developers Essel Infraprojects and Hitachi Zosen India about the waste gate fees for the proposed Nagpur WtE plant. As said, the plant operator will…
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The Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has provided Elephant Energy Ltd, the developer of the Shimla WtE project, with more time to commission the plant, as reported by Tribune India. The original 15 December deadline was…
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After the Delhi Okhla WtE plant was found by India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) to operate within legal requirements, local residents have now challenged the facility’s planning permission. According to the Indian Express, plant opponents…
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The North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has proposed to set up a WtE facility in Guwahati, Assam. As said, the firm has already submitted a pre-feasibility report to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and…
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According to a media report, construction works at the planned Mumbai Deonar WtE plant are scheduled to start in 2017 and projected to last at least 3 years. As was reported by The Indian Express,…
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As was reported by The Times of India, the state government of Odisha has approved Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) 600 tpd WtE project. As said, the facility will treat solid waste and should generate 11…
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According to a recent statement by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), the Delhi Bawana WtE plant will begin commercial operations by the end of December. Previously, the facility’s commissioning was scheduled for late November.…
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According to the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), its proposed Moshi WtE plant will have a generation capacity of 11 MW and is to entail costs of around INR 2 billion (USD 29.5 million). Moreover,…
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India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ruled in favour of the Delhi Okhla WtE plant, allowing it to continue operations. The respective lawsuit was filed by local residents, who wanted the plant to stop operations…
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As stated by Jaipur’s city mayor, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has approved funds for the Jaipur WtE plant. However, the state government of Rajasthan still has to approve the project. According to earlier sources,…
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As stated by officials of the Chhattisgarh government, two WtE plants are being proposed to be set up in Chhattisgarh. One of the plants is said to be built in the district of Durg. In…
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According to The Times of India, India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) is set to rule on the issue whether the Okhla WTE facility operates within its legal requirements. The lawsuit was filed by local residents,…
