Mumbai to set up biomethanation plant in South Mumbai ward

The Mumbai civic authorities plan to set up a biomethanation plant in South Mumbai’s D ward with the support of corporate funding and resident associations.

According to the proposal, the plant will process two metric tonnes of wet waste daily and generate around 250 units of electricity that will be sold to a power supply company. The foundation work of the plant on a civic-owned vacant plot has been completed and the BMC will soon procure the machine through corporate funding.

Assistant municipal commissioner of D ward Prashant Gaikwad informed The Times of India, “The idea is to collect small quantities of wet waste from the ward which will reduce BMC’s load to transport it to the dumping ground. We will involve resident associations to collect the waste and manage the plant.”

Civic officials said since the BMC promoted waste segregation at source and its processing at the local level, they decided to set up this plant in D ward.

Last year, the BMC had started a dry waste segregation and processing unit in D ward through private funding.