Goa’s Saligao plant to be ready by August

The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) expects to complete construction of the additional waste treatment facility at Saligao by April-end after which, new machinery will be installed and tested for a three month period.

GSIDC officials informed The Times of India that the new machinery that will enable the solid waste treatment plant to increase its capacity to 250 tonne per day, will arrive by May. They expect the plant to begin processing 250 tonne of dry and wet waste per day by August.

A similar plant at Cacora, which is being built along the lines of the solid waste management facility at Saligao, will be completed and commissioned by the end of 2021, GSIDC officials said.

Currently, the facility at Saligao handles waste generated by 27 coastal village panchayats. The state government has issued the work order to Hindustan Waste Treatment Pvt Ltd in mid-2020 to expand the plant from 100 tonnes per day to 250 tonnes per day at a cost of over Rs 100 crore.

The waste treatment plant at Cacora is being set up by Vasudha Waste Treatment Pvt Ltd at a cost of Rs 173.9 crore.

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