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The proposal for the Deonar WtE plant in Mumbai, Maharashtra, has been accepted by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), according to Hindustan Times. Currently, the plans are being reviewed by the state-level expert…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is still awaiting an environmental permit for its Deonar Waste to Energy (WtE) project in Mumbai. MidDay reports that the clearance might take another four months and until then construction…
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Mumbaikars are awaiting a response from the civic body regarding a second public hearing for the Deonar Waste to Energy Project. Within the span of a week, 300 citizens had written to the BMC regarding…
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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal presented the civic body’s budget for the financial year (FY) 2021-22 on Wednesday. ₹627 crore has been earmarked for the solid waste management department of Mumbai. The…
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After Deonar, the BMC is now planning to set up a waste to energy plant at the Gorai dumping ground. The civic body has appointed the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, to study the…
Aafrin Kidwai
Barely 0.8% of frontline workers from the Solid Waste Management (SWM) department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) tested positive for COVID-19 in rapid antigen tests conducted since July 24. A total of 14,527 staffers from…
Aafrin Kidwai
Large amounts of disposable masks, gloves and other medical waste have been making their way to regular garbage piles across cities, posing a major challenge for civic authorities in charge of its collection and disposal.…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) might have finally found bidders for the Rs 600 crore Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant to be constructed at the Deonar dumping ground. The BMC first started the bidding process for the…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now be appointing the prominent National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) as consultants to manage waste at the city’s – and country’s – largest dumping ground in Deonar. According…
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After several hurdles, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that it finally managed to get 3 companies to bid for the WtE project in Deonar. One of them is from Europe and two are…
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In preparation for the Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018, the City of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, is undertaking several works on infrastructure, including waste disposal. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced plans to build a 40,000…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to shut down the Mulund landfill site in order to begin the Waste-to-Energy (WtE) project at Deonar. According to civic officials, the recovery of the Mulund landfill should…
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After the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reduced the amount of waste that would be processed in the planned WtE plant at the Deonar dumping ground from 3,000 tpd to 600 tpd, 16 bidders have shown interest…
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According to civic officials, the 2018-19 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) fiscal budget has an increased focus on ongoing projects. This was reported by Asian Age. One of the projects on the priority list is the…
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The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has inaugurated a new AD plant, according to The Times of India. The municipal government of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, is planning to supply local streetlights with the food waste processing…
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According to a media report, construction works at the planned Mumbai Deonar WtE plant are scheduled to start in 2017 and projected to last at least 3 years. As was reported by The Indian Express,…
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As was reported by The Times of India, the state government of Odisha has approved Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) 600 tpd WtE project. As said, the facility will treat solid waste and should generate 11…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced to have started the tender process for its 3,000 tpd Deonar WtE plant. As said, the project should be realised under a DBC (Design, Build and Commissioning) scheme…
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According to The Asian Age, costs for the proposed WtE plant close to Deonar, Mumbai, have been said to amount to about Rs 1,000 crore. Once built, the facility should produce 25 to 30 MW,…
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The government of India’s federal state of Odisha and the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have agreed to build a proposed WtE plant near the BMC’s Bhuasuni landfill. However, it is not clear whether this means…
