Patna announces SWM projects in budget 2021-22

The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) passed a budget of Rs 1499.85 crore for the financial year 2021-22 focused on infrastructure development including recycling plants for controlling air pollution, sweeping machines, among other things.

“We have two projects – namely material recovery facility and bio methanation plant – in the pipeline for dry waste management and green fuel generation respectively. Our on-going projects like intelligent solid waste management, slum beautification, and clean Patna are likely to yield positive results this year,” municipal commissioner Himanshu Sharma informed Hindustan Times.