Tag: Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Waste to Energy
Update on Narela-Bawana WtE project

Update on Narela-Bawana WtE project

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…

Waste to Energy
MCD prepares for fifth WTE plant

MCD prepares for fifth WTE plant

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has completed the tendering process for a new waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Bawana, with a capacity to process 3,000 tonnes of waste per day. This will be the fifth…

Landfilling
MCD: No fresh waste being dumped at Okhla landfill

MCD: No fresh waste being dumped at Okhla landfill

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has stopped disposing of fresh municipal waste in the Okhla landfill ever since the Tehkhand Waste to Energy (WTE) plant began operations a couple of months ago. Each day, the…

Biogas
Three Bio-CNG plants to be set up in Delhi in 2023

Three Bio-CNG plants to be set up in Delhi in 2023

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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Tehkhand WtE plant inaugurated by Home Minister

Tehkhand WtE plant inaugurated by Home Minister

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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New large-scale WtE plant proposed in Narela-Bawana

New large-scale WtE plant proposed in Narela-Bawana

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…

Landfilling
Delhi claims a significant reduction of waste at landfill sites

Delhi claims a significant reduction of waste at landfill sites

The quantity of legacy waste disposed of at three landfill sites in the capital has decreased by 26.1 lakh MT over the past four months (June to September), representing a 462% increase over the previous…

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Delhi’s controversial Timarpur Okhla WtE plant to be expanded

Delhi’s controversial Timarpur Okhla WtE plant to be expanded

A little over three years after the previous attempt to expand operations at the Okhla waste-to-energy (WTE) plant failed due to opposition from locals, the Jindal group’s Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company has started the…

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MCD tenders large-scale WtE project in Delhi Bawana

MCD tenders large-scale WtE project in Delhi Bawana

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.…

Composting
Project S.O.R.T. takes off in Delhi

Project S.O.R.T. takes off in Delhi

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.…

Landfilling
MCD to deploy drones to map landfills

MCD to deploy drones to map landfills

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will use drones to map the elevation of landfills and monitor their height reduction, among other things. A similar pilot exercise was conducted a few months ago and yielded positive results.  The move comes approximately a fortnight after LG Vinai Kumar Saxena…

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Delhi plans to set up 9 AD plants

Delhi plans to set up 9 AD plants

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to set up 9 decentralised Waste Managements Plants, to process 5 tonnes of organic waste each, daily. One other plant is already operational in Punjabi Bagh. The technology…

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Realisation of Bhalswa WtE project to start soon

Realisation of Bhalswa WtE project to start soon

According to India Today, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (NMCD) has announced to be starting off with the Bhalswa WtE project soon. Under the project, a new WtE facility with an electricity generation capacity of…