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According to a new report, 10% of the Deonar WtE project that is currently under development in Mumbai, Maharashtra, have been completed, and a deadline for making the plant operational is targeted for 2026. This…
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The state cabinet has approved the modification of reservation on the land at Deonar dumping ground, clearing the way for a proposed waste-to-energy project. Last year in March, the urban development department issued a notification…
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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has criticized the poor monitoring and delays in obtaining clearances for a waste-to-energy plant project at the Deonar landfill in Mumbai. Only 10% of the work on the project…
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The BMC is preparing to address the issue of construction waste removal proactively. A request for proposals has been made by the Solid Waste Management (SWM) division to hire 16 JCB machines, 35 dumpers, and…
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A methane cloud can be seen near a Mumbai waste facility in a recent high-resolution satellite image that was captured recently. The image is the second in a series of unique observations from emissions monitoring…
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CNIM MARTIN Private Ltd. has signed a contract with turnkey solution provider Uttam Energy for the supply of the main components of the WTE plant to be built in Deonar, Mumbai, India for Municipal Corporation…
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The Mumbai civic body (MCGM) has formed a committee to decide on the capacity of the second waste-to-energy plant to be built at the Deonar dumping ground. The amount of waste created daily may alter…
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Mumbai’s first Waste To Energy (WTE) plant at Deonar has received Environment Clearance (EC) from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). Now, the BMC has approached Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB)…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received environmental clearance from Maharashtra’s State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) for the Deonar Waste to Energy project. The procedure to secure environmental clearance from the Central government is…
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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 Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) plans to involve waste picker organizations for segregation activity at waste unloading sites. The corporation has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) seeking response from registered waste picker organizations…
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The closure of the Mulund dumping ground in Mumbai is delayed once again, ostensibly due to a shortage of labourers during the lockdown during pandemic and the monsoon. Mulund has Mumbai’s second largest dumping ground…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to appoint a Project Management Consultant (PMC) to supervise the construction of Mumbai’s first waste to energy (WtE) plant at Deonar. The consultant will be responsible for approving the…
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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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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s proposal to set up a 4-megawatt (4MW) waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at the Deonar dumping ground has triggered objection from citizens and experts. The Hindustan Times reports that the project is being…
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The BMC is planning to erect a boundary wall near Thane creek with the help of synthetic vinyl sheets to prevent the discharge of hazardous leachate generated from Deonar dumping ground. The wall is also…
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The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has released a global Expression of Interest (EoI) for setting up a 1800 TPD Waste to Energy (WtE) plant and disposal facility on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis…
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The Rs 1,100 crore Deonar waste-to-energy plant proposal has been cleared by the BMC standing committee. The contract was allotted to the lowest bidder-Chennai M S W Pvt Ltd, without any discussion in the standing…
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With a 104 percent increase in Covid-19 and associated biomedical waste generated in Mumbai over the past three months, the city’s waste incineration unit has run out of storage space at their one-acre plant in Deonar. Private…
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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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According to reports from the Indian Express, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the tender for the WtE facility for another month, as no bidder was found. The tendering process started over a year…
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The establishment of a WtE plant in Deonar, Mumbai, has already faced several serious challenges, as ecoprog reported earlier. Due to the failure of stopping the tender, Bombay High Court had extended the permission to…
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According to the Indian Express, Bombay High Court has extended the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) permit to dispose waste at the Deonar landfill until 31 December 2019. As reported in March 2018, the 600 tpd…
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According to DNA India, the WtE facility in Deonar has faced another delay. After ecoprog reported in February that the facility has extended the bidding deadline by another month, it has now been postponed until…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the bidding deadline for the WtE project in Deonar by another month, as reported by The Indian Express. This comes after the four bidders interested in the project…
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Construction works for a new 600 tpd construction and demolition waste recycling facility at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai have been scheduled to commence this year, as The Asian reports. Picture Credit: User:Petr K,…
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According to The Indian Express, four bidders interested in the WtE facility in Deonar, Mumbai, have asked for extension to estimate the calorific value of the waste that will be burned in the plant and…
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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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Plans proceed for building a WtE plant in Deonar, a suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now carry out a geological survey for a landfill, as the Indian Express reported. The company…
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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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According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the urban body has so far received two bids for the Mulund WtE project in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and no bids for the Deonar WtE project. The deadline for the…
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The status of the WtE project in Deonar, Mumbai, remains unclear. Even though the bidding process for the project had been opened, the project obviously failed to attract any bidders, the Mumbai Mirror reports. The…
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The implementation of the discussed WtE plant in Deonar, Mumbai, remains unclear. Although Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCEL) was hired for a feasibility study in 2016, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now appointed further…
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According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, the implementation of the planned WtE plant in the district Deonar is likely to take 3 years. MC’S plan is to treat around…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning a WtE plant in Deonar, a suburb of Mumbai, as Mid Day reported. BMC is likely to shut down its Mulund dumping ground in July this year and…
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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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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 Brihanmumbai Corporation (BMC), the tender process for the planned Mumbai Deonar WtE plant is to start in the last week of October. As reported by the Indian Express, a feasibility study for…
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Plans to build a new WtE plant close to the Deonar garbage dump have been approved despite vehement protests. According to The Indian Express, investments for the facility, which should treat up to 3,000 tons…
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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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As a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is currently being prepared, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking to hold a tender in June to find an operator for its planned Deonar WtE facility. BMC previously…
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According to DNA India, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) currently plans to appoint Tata Consulting Engineers Limited for carrying out a feasibility study for the WtE project at the landfill site in Deonar, a suburb…
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Periodic fires at the Deonar dumping site in Mumbai have led the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to propose a plan for the capture of methane gases generated at the 12.7-million ton landfill. As…
