Tag: East Delhi Municipal Corporation

Waste to Energy
Ghazipur WtE plant reopens after completion of maintenance work

Ghazipur WtE plant reopens after completion of maintenance work

The waste-to-energy plant in Ghazipur will soon reopen after being closed for over six months for maintenance. The plant uses 1,400-1,500 metric tonnes of waste and refuse-derived fuel waste (RDF) each day. East Delhi Municipal…

COVID Waste
Delhi civic bodies resume separate collection of household COVID waste

Delhi civic bodies resume separate collection of household COVID waste

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…

Landfilling
EDMC: Need 10 years to clear Ghazipur landfill

EDMC: Need 10 years to clear Ghazipur landfill

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has told the Delhi Assembly’s Environment Committee that clearing the Ghazipur dump will take at least ten years at full performance. The municipal government has also admitted that it…

News
Delhi civic bodies share financial details with State Assembly

Delhi civic bodies share financial details with State Assembly

The three municipal corporations of Delhi have spent over ₹11,750 crore on sanitation and cleaning services in the Capital over the last five years. In an official reply to a question in the Delhi Assembly, South…

Landfilling
EDMC to hire concessionaire to clear legacy waste at Ghazipur

EDMC to hire concessionaire to clear legacy waste at Ghazipur

Having spent more than a year clearing legacy waste using its own equipment, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has decided to speed-up the process by hiring a private contractor for the same. EDMC Commissioner…

News
East Delhi to make segregation at source compulsory

East Delhi to make segregation at source compulsory

East Delhi is taking measures to beef up its waste collection system. Starting January 1, east Delhi residents will have to pay a fine if they do not segregate their household waste. A penalty of…

Landfilling
East Delhi’s Ghazipur legacy waste is being cleared

East Delhi’s Ghazipur legacy waste is being cleared

East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has employed 12 trommel machines to clear 2,400 tonnes of legacy waste at the Ghazipur landfill every day. East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir personally visited the site and shared a…

Company news
EDMC hires a contractor for SWM

EDMC hires a contractor for SWM

Facing difficulties in timely collection of municipal solid waste, East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has hired a private contractor for door-to-door collection of segregated waste, removal of waste and silt from roadsides, and transportationof processed…

Waste to Energy
NTPC and EDMC to develop WtE plant under new JV

NTPC and EDMC to develop WtE plant under new JV

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) have founded a joint venture (JV) towards the establishment of a WtE plant. According to the source, Mercom India, the WtE facility will…

Biogas
Biogas project near Ghazipur dairy

Biogas project near Ghazipur dairy

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is setting up its first biogas plant on two acres of land near the Ghazipur dairy. The proposed facility should have a capacity of 2 MWel by processing 100…

Additional C&D waste facility online in Delhi

East Delhi’s second construction and demolition waste management facility has been commissioned. The plant is based on wet processing of construction and demolition waste and provides a capacity of approximately 500 tons per day. As…