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NGT fines Bihar Rs 4000 cr for poor SWM

NGT fines Bihar Rs 4000 cr for poor SWM

The Bihar government has been fined Rs 4,000 crore by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for its inadequate management of solid and liquid waste. The NGT ordered the amount to be deposited in a ring-fenced…

Biogas
New biogas plant to be built in Halamala

New biogas plant to be built in Halamala

Plans for the construction of a biogas plant in the area of Kishanganj, Bihar state, have been given approval under the Gobar Dhan biogas support scheme. According to the source, the plant was initially planned…

Biogas
Plans for biogas plant in Darbhanga

Plans for biogas plant in Darbhanga

A planned biogas plant in Darbhanga, Bihar State, will receive INR 5 million (EUR 62,712) of funding from the Gobar Dhan biogas support scheme. The plant should process locally collected cow dung. A plot of…

Waste to Energy
New WtE plant proposed in Patna

New WtE plant proposed in Patna

Bihar’s state urban development and housing department intends to build a WtE plant in Patna, Bihar. The facility to be erected at Ramachak Bairiya on Patna-Gaya road should host several separate units for compost, biomethanation,…

Plastic
Bihar: Tobacco generates 5k tonnes of plastic waste each year

Bihar: Tobacco generates 5k tonnes of plastic waste each year

On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day on Tuesday, the Bihar health department started a three-week anti-tobacco awareness campaign. According to a fact sheet, tobacco produces 5,844 tonnes of plastic garbage in Bihar each…

Biogas
New CBG plant to be built in Brahmapur

New CBG plant to be built in Brahmapur

A new compressed biogas (CBG) plant is to be set up at Brahmapur, in Buxar district, Bihar, according to Live Hindustan. A company named GNIGPL is working on the project, together with India’s gas company…

COVID Waste
160 tonnes of BMW generated during Bihar elections

160 tonnes of BMW generated during Bihar elections

Nearly 160 tonnes of biomedical waste was generated during the Bihar assembly polls held amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the state’s election authorities. This includes gloves, face masks, and empty sanitizer bottles used by polling personnel…

Biogas
Several AD units planned at new film city premises

Several AD units planned at new film city premises

Several biogas plants are planned to be built in a proposed film city area to be built in the federal state of Bihar. As reported by The Times of India, Bihar Infrastructure Department Authority has…

Waste incineration project in Patna delayed

The 700 tpd WtE project in Patna, Bihar, will be delayed. In 2014, the Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (BUIDCO) awarded the contract for the project to company Sunil Hitech Engineers Ltd (SHE). However, it…