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The Kerala government and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) have agreed, in principle, to set up a plant in Kochi to process waste and produce compressed biogas. The decision was made in a meeting attended…
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The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) southern zonal bench has expressed displeasure over the delay in removal of burnt waste, plastic, and refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from the Brahmapuram dumpsite in Kochi. Meanwhile, the fiasco at Kochi…
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The Kochi city corporation has announced that it will not transport any waste to Brahmapuram for one year, starting from May-end. The decision comes as the corporation plans to complete biomining before the construction of…
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The Kochi Corporation has slapped fines worth Rs 54 lakh on waste violators during the last one month. Inspections were conducted at households, public places, and institutions. In addition, public awareness campaigns on following the…
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The Kerala government’s efforts to manage waste at the source are yielding positive results, as both the quantity of biodegradable waste gathered from the city and the amount reaching the Brahmpuram waste disposal site have…
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On Sunday evening, a new fire erupted at Kochi’s Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze with the help of eight fire engines. Despite efforts to quickly extinguish the…
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The Kerala High Court has observed that all rules for solid waste management were violated at the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant in Kochi. It has ordered the Kochi Municipal Corporation to produce contract documents and…
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Waste collection has resumed in Kochi after a massive fire at the Brahmapuram waste management plant caused a halt in operations for almost ten days. However, many areas still have piles of garbage, causing health…
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In Kerala, a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan decided not to transport plastic to the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant and to treat organic waste at the source instead. The Kochi corporation will collect…
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The Secretary of the Kochi Municipal Corporation appeared before the Kerala High Court to inform the court that the fire at the Brahmapuram garbage dump and waste plant would be completely put out soon. The…
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Waste collected in Kochi has been temporarily suspended as city authorities focus on containing the impact of the fire at the Brahmapuram waste management plant late last week. Waste collection was suspended since under the…
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The WtE project in Brahmapuram, Ernakulam district, Kerala, is still under discussion. According to the source, the Kochi Corporation has announced that an all-party meeting on this long-standing project will be held soon. According to…
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A new source is commenting on the WtE project in Brahmapuram, Ernakulam District, Kerala. Even after seven years, as per the source, the project has not yet been implemented. Reportedly, a Detailed Project Report (DPR)…
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The Kochi Corporation has replaced the contractor, who has been operating the solid waste treatment plant in Brahmapuram on behalf of the local government for nearly a decade, with a new one. The corporation will…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench has summoned Kerala state officials to Chennai for discussions on the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant on January 6, 2022. According to a communication received from NGT, senior officials from…
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The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has asked the Kochi Corporation to take immediate corrective action at the solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram or shut it down. The local body’s continued apathy despite…
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The Kochi corporation is planning to introduce a moveable windrow compost system for treating solid waste at Brahmapuram. A group of councillors is reportedly planning to visit a similar unit in Hyderabad to study the…
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Kerala’s Brahmapuram solid waste management plant never ceases to be in the news. This time, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Kochi corporation to file a status report on the solid waste treatment…
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Dilapidated windrow composting sheds, overflowing leachate, blocked drains, fresh waste dumped over legacy waste. These are some of the scenes at the Brahmapuram dumpsite, as reported by a State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) appointed by…
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The Kochi Corporation Council has given its green signal to Zonta Infratech for carrying out biomining of legacy waste at the Brahmapuram dumpsite. The council also decided to hand over 20 acres at Brahmapuram to…
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The Kerala government was asked by the National Green Tribunal to expedite the biomining of legacy waste at Brahmapuram. A private firm had submitted a proposal to carry out biomining of the waste several months…
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Two consortia for developing the WtE plant at Brahmapuram in Kochi, Ernakulam district, have been shortlisted by Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC). The source does not identify the chosen consortiums. The proposal shall now…
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The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has refloated tenders for the centralised waste-to-energy plant of 300 tonnes per day capacity to be implemented on public-private partnership (PPP) mode at Brahmapuram. Tenders were refloated after…
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Two consortiums have submitted their technical and financial bids for the Waste to Energy project in Brahmapuram. These include: Zonta Infratech Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru; Zonta Bauer Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, Bauer GmbH, Germany; CNIM Martin Pvt.…
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The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has decided to initiate prosecution proceedings against the Kochi Corporation secretary for the unscientific handling of waste at the Brahmapuram plant. Besides facing legal action, the civic body will…
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At least ten companies have evinced interest in the Brahmapuram waste-to-energy plant. A meeting was organised by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) through video conferencing late last week in view of the COVID-19…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) to initiate prosecution and recover compensation from the Kochi corporation for noncompliance of directives issued by the tribunal on the solid…
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The Kerala government has announced a nine-month time-frame to bidders interested in bio-mining about one lakh cubic metre of legacy waste lying at Brahmapuram. The tender document issued by the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation…
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The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has sent a letter to Kochi corporation authorities asking them to lease out around 22 acres of land at Brahmapuram for setting up a Waste to Energy (WtE)…
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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has finally got the possession of the 3-acre land for setting up a biomedical waste-treatment plant at Brahmapuram. The land is located towards the entrance side of the Brahmapuram waste-treatment…
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The Brahmapuram waste-to-energy plant has suffered yet another setback. The Local Self Government Department has asked the Kochi Corporation to terminate the Concession Agreement executed with GJ Eco Power Pvt Ltd, the company entrusted with…
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The Government has issued an order converting the concessional agreement signed between the Kochi Corporation and GJ Eco Power Private Ltd., the company entrusted with the construction of the waste-to-energy plant at Brahmapuram, into a…
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Kerala’s State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has rejected the Kochi Corporation’s position that setting up anaerobic digesters to treat solid waste lying at Brahmapuram was not practical. The Board has directed the civic body to…
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As reported by the Times of India, The Brahmapuram WtE facility in Kochi has passed the Environmental Impact Assessment. As previously reported, the development of the project already faced several hurdles so far. The responsible…
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According to The Deccan Chronicle, the environmental clearance for the Brahmapuram Waste-to-Energy project is expected to be issued by the end of September. At first, the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Committee (SLEIAC) is planning…
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An INR 44 crore fund has been provided by the Union Government under Swachh Bharat Mission, for implementation of waste management projects in Kochi. As reported by The Deccan Chronicle, it should be shared between…
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According to The Hindu, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has recently signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Kochi-based GJ Eco Power, the company implementing the Brahmapuram WtE plant. According to the agreement, KSEB…
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Costs for the 8 MW Brahmapuram WtE plant in Kochi, have increased from INR 295 crores to INR 375 crores due to inaccurate estimations, the Times of India reports. The facility is being developed as…
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The Hindu reported, that Kochi Municipal Corporation has postponed its decision to lease 20 acres of land in Brahmapuram to GJ Eco Power Private Ltd. (GJ Eco). GJ Eco was entrusted with the construction of…
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The MBT project in Brahmapuram was violating the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 and therefore the state and Central Pollution Control Board (PCB) have to pay a fine of INR 50 lakhs to the National…
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According to UK-based WtE company, GJ Eco Power, the 8 MW Brahmapuram WtE project in Kochi is expected to receive the environmental permit within a month. The plant will have a capacity to process 500…
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The Brahmapuram WtE project is facing another delay by at least one year, due to delay in obtaining necessary clearances from various state departments, as The New Indian Express reports. The BOT contract for the…
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After the foundation stone was laid 6 months ago, the Brahmapuram WtE project in Kochi, has yet to obtain an environmental clearance and sign a power purchase agreement. According to Kochi corporation authorities, the Kerala…
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Construction works at the proposed 10 MW WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kerala, have been further delayed, because the state’s Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), which has to issue the environmental permit for the project, has…
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According to The Times of India, after a delay of over two years, the tariff per unit of energy generated by the planned WtE plant in Brahmapuram has been determined. The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory…
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According to the Deccan Chronicle, preparatory works have now started at the 300 tpd Brahmapuram WtE facility in Kochi, Kerala. Reportedly, the Kerala state government has accelerated the process of granting final clearances for the…
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According to the Chief Minister of Kerala, the ongoing construction of the Brahmapuram Waste-to-Energy plant will be completed within 18 months. He further mentioned that the government has plans to construct Waste-to-Energy plants in 8…
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Overruling objections raised by the State Paddy and Wetland Monitoring Committee against the reclamation of paddy land for the WtE plant in Brahmapuram, Kochi, state of Kerala, the state government has given consent for the…
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In a party conference meeting, delegates have charged the Kochi state government to hasten completion of the Brahmapuram waste-to-energy plant project, as the New Indian Express reported. The 96,000 tpd project was proposed by the…
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The proposed Kochi Waste-to-Energy plant in Brahmapuram has been criticised by the state-level monitoring committee on the Kerala Conservation of Paddy and Wetland Act. The committee stated that the plant will cause “disastrous ecological consequences”…
