Formal process to set up new C&D waste plant begins

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has started the process to change land use of a plot measuring 4.3 acres at Maidan Garhi in south Delhi for setting up a waste processing unit. The solid waste construction and demolition management facility at Maidan Garhi will be set up by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).

According to DDA officials, the plot was marked as ‘residential’ in Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) 2021, which has been changed to ‘utility’ to facilitate the construction of the plant.

The proposed construction and demolition (C&D) waste plant will have the capacity to process over 1,000 tons-per-day (TPD) of debris coming in from construction sites across Delhi every day. Another plant — fourth in Delhi — is already under construction at Bakkarwala. It also issued another public notice for land-use change of about 8,000 sq m plot at Ghazipur to be used for the waste processing plant, reports The New Indian Express.