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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is considering setting up a plastics-to-RDF plant in Delhi. The facility should have a capacity to process 1,000 tpd of waste, based on a zero residue torrefaction process. As…
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is moving forward with its WtE project in Narela-Bawana. To implement the project, the MCD has concluded an agreement with the Power Grid Corporation of India concerning the relocation…
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The Chief Minister of Delhi has inaugurated a C&D waste recycling facility in Jahangirpuri, Delhi. The plant is expected to process 2,000 tpd on an area of 7 acres. Waste collected from across Delhi is…
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In the municipality of Delhi, three AD plants are operational for a testing phase. The plants are located in Goyla, Gogha, and Nangli and should have a processing capacities of 200 tpd of livestock manure…
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Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena recently visited the landfill sites at Ghazipur, Okhla, and Bhalswa to assess the progress of waste remediation and disposal efforts. The Lt. Governor expressed satisfaction with the increased pace of…
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Delhi government has recently submitted a status report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). As per the report, Delhi generated 11,332 tpd of MSW on an average. As further stated, there are currently four WtE…
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The Delhi government has been ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to pay Rs 3,132 crore in environmental compensation for shortcomings in managing solid and liquid waste.The NGT ruling states that the payment, which…
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Public consultations have been launched for the planned capacity increase at the Narela-Bawana WtE plant in Delhi. Plans provide to increase the plant’s capacity from 24 MW to 60 MW. At 24 MW, the plant…
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has “initiated” work for two digesters for an integrated bio-CNG fuel station in North Delhi’s Narela region in Ghogha. The first raw material should be sent to the plants in…
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The large-scale Tehkhand WtE project in South Delhi has been inaugurated by the Union Home Minister on 20 October 2022. The 2,000 tpd facility in the Delhi district of Tughlakabad is supposed to generate up…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has approved the expansion of the Okhla Waste to Energy plant, Delhi, after the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has refused the proposal in September 2022. Operator Okhla Waste Management Company…
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The proposed new WtE facility to be built at Narela-Bawana, Delhi, is currently expected to be completed by August 2025. According to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the Municipal Corporation Of Delhi (MCD) has…
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The Najafgarh zone of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has organized a two-day cleanliness drive to dispose of non-hazardous construction waste. The drive will conclude on Sunday. The civic body has organized the pilot…
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Following a public hearing on August 16, a proposal to increase the Okhla Waste to Energy (WtE) plant’s capacity from 23 MW to 40 MW was rejected. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) said the plan…
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A new report provides details on a WtE plant by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in Bawana. A tender is currently running for this plant, which is supposed to be the MCD’s fifth project.…
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According to data submitted by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) there have been 76 fire calls from the three landfill sites (namely Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Tughlaqabad) in Delhi in the last four years. The report was submitted to a joint committee formed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to suggest next steps for the Ghazipur…
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The housing and urban affairs ministry reports that 90% of the municipal solid waste generated every day in Delhi is processed. In a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, Kaushal…
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to involve three major stakeholders in order to reduce the burden of legacy waste from Bhalswa, Ghazipur, and Okhla landfills in a timely manner. It has finalised…
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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has launched a special project to source segregate organic waste and produce compost from wet waste using an eco-friendly aerobic composting technology. The West Zone authorities launched Project S.O.R.T.…
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has announced that a public hearing for environmental clearance on the Okhla waste-to-energy (WtE) plant expansion will be held next month. Residents of Sukhdev Vihar in southeast Delhi had…
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As per recent official data, the quantity of waste thrown into Delhi’s three landfill sites increased by roughly 15% over the previous year. Delhi generated 10,990 tonnes per day (TPD) of municipal solid waste (MSW)…
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Delhi MSW Solutions intends to expand its RDF combustion plant at Bawana Industrial Area in Delhi. According to the report, the plant’s capacity should increase from 24 MW to 60 MW at an investment of…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has resumed separate waste collection for COVID homes following a rise in cases. SDMC has hired a tipper for four to five wards and provided residents with a phone…
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A massive fire broke out at the Bhalswa landfill site in north Delhi on Tuesday evening. According to officials, 13 fire tenders were at the site to douse the flames. Environment minister Gopal Rai on…
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The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) has again ordered 11 coal-based thermal power plants operators to comply with its biomass co-firing instructions. In September 2021,…
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Increasing stocks of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) following the biomining of legacy waste is posing problems for full-fledged operation of trommel machines at Bhalswa and Ghazipur landfill sites. A North Delhi Municipal Corporation official informed The…
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The Delhi government has announced the establishment of the “country’s first” e-waste eco-park in New Delhi to deal with rising e-waste The Delhi goverment plans to carry out recycling and remanufacturing on the 20-acre plot…
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Plans provide for upgrading 20 biogas plants and sewage treatment plants (STPs) by Delhi Jal board (DJB), the government agency for the supply of potable water in Delhi. As further reported, upgrades should be conducted…
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The Delhi government has launched a campaign against open burning of waste. The campaign will run till December 11 and will be implemented by 550 teams from 10 departments, reports Mint. Citizens have been asked…
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Four more trommel machines will be deployed at the Bhalswa landfill site to process the waste at a greater speed, says North Delhi mayor Jai Prakash. The mountainous dump in northwest Delhi is one of the…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Chief Secretary and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to look into the issue of availability of suitable land for solid waste management at Ranikhera in north west…
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The quantum of biomedical waste generated in Delhi increased by 15 times in June compared with the preceding month when just 25 tonnes was being produced daily. According to a report submitted by Environment Pollution…
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The Supreme Court has directed the Railway Department as well as the municipal corporations to take appropriate action against the piling of waste along railway tracks in Delhi and submit an action plan. The apex…
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Following the National Green Tribunal’s ultimatum to reduce the height of the three landfills in Okhla, Ghazipur and Bhalswa, the three respective Delhi municipal corporations are planning to install 33 trommel machines, with a capacity…
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Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has allocated a 42.5 acres in Ghonda Gujran to East Delhi Municipal Corporation for establishing an integrated waste management facility, as was reported by the Hindustan Times. The facility will include…
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The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for the disposal and management of solid waste in its area. According to The Hindu,…
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According to The Times of India, Delhi is currently planning the construction of four more WtE facilities. Two projects have been proposed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation at Narela-Bawana and Bhalswa. These facilities will…
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The Okhla, Ghazipur and Bawana WtE plants have been blamed of causing environmental pollution in Delhi, according to the Financial Express. According to a joint inspection committee from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the…
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A biogas conference will take place at the Renewable Energy India Expo at the India Expo Centre, Delhi, on 20 September 2018. The programme includes discussions, presentations and networking opportunities. The event is being organised…
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The Standing Committee of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation has approved a proposal for a new WtE project. The proposal comprises the construction of a 15 MW WtE plant, which is projected to be able…
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According to Energy Infra Post, India’s capital Delhi has plans for setting up 10 biomethanation facilities across the city. The plants are expected to generate electricity to be fed into the grid as well as…
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Joint venture CERO has opened a car recycling facility in Delhi. CERO is a partnership between Mahindra Accelo, a steel service subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra, and government-owned company MSTC, reports the Business Standard. According…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recently issued a directive to the Delhi Government and civic bodies for submission of an action plan towards establishing a Waste-to-Energy plant and a landfill site in the city.…
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The Delhi Municipal Cooperation has tightened its law on waste management, according to a report by India Today. Part of the law termed ‘Solid Waste Management (SWM) by-laws of NCT of Delhi’ will impose a…
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According to The Hindu, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi Chief Secretary and the Lieutenant-Governor to set up a meeting to determine an alternative site for a landfill site and also locate…
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According to India’s North Corporation, the tender process for the WtE project in Bhalswa, Delhi, has officially been launched. The existing landfill in Bhalswa has been overflowing recently. An inspection of the respective landfill site…
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After being on trial run for the past two months, the WtE plant at Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi shall be commissioned this month, as reported by The Hindustan Times. Once in operation the plant…
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As reported by The Hindu, the Indian capital is speeding up the process of increasing its incineration capacities. In accordance with Delhi’s administration, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation aims at building two new WtE plants…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has been allotted a 50-acre expanse of land in Tekhand, Delhi. According to The Times of India, this will be used for the development of a scientific landfill along with…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has announced the inauguration of a transfer station for 11 May. The main purpose of the new station is cleaning landfills by segregating waste and sending it to WtE…
