Aafrin Kidwai 
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has released a global Expression of Interest (EoI) for setting up a 1800 TPD Waste to Energy (WtE) plant and disposal facility on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis at Deonar Dumping Ground (DDG).
According to the official document, the land available at DDG will be divided into two land parcels: one for the current 600 TPD WtE plant (work already awarded to M/s Chennai MSW Pvt Ltd.) and second for the proposed 1800 TPD.
The proposed 1800 TPD project shall be commissioned in two stages:
Stage-1: 1200 TPD (tentative commissioning in year 2025); and
Stage-2: 600TPD (tentative commissioning in year 2030). The decision for taking up the stage 2 project (600TPD) is discretionary and MCGM will finalise it later.
A land parcel of approximately 8.2 Ha is earmarked for the proposed 1800TPD project. The project will be executed on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) with a concession period of 25 years for mixed MSW for the generation of energy.
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