Tag: Telangana

Waste to Energy
Pyaranagar RDF plant to be constructed soon

Pyaranagar RDF plant to be constructed soon

The proposed RDF plant in Pyaranagar, Telangana, is scheduled to be constructed and completed later in 2024. Commissioning is expected for December 2024. However, according to the source, the project has not yet been contracted…

Biogas
New AD plant erected in Hyderabad

New AD plant erected in Hyderabad

A biogas plant has been built in Hyderabad, Telangana. The small-scale AD plant should process food waste from the Bowenpally market in Secunderabad. The plant should use a technology developed by the Indian Institute of…

Plastic
Starlinger delivers 2 new recycling plants to India

Starlinger delivers 2 new recycling plants to India

Austria company Starlinger Group is to supply two PET bottle recycling lines to Indian plastics manufacturer Srichakra Polyplast. The recycling lines are to be delivered in early 2024. Srichakra Polyplast has already been operating a…

Waste to Energy
Dundigal’s new Waste to Energy plant about to open

Dundigal’s new Waste to Energy plant about to open

A 14.5 MW RDF incineration plant is about to open soon in Dundigal, Telangana. The facility has been set up at the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation’s treatment, storage and disposal facility. As SWI understands,…

Waste to Energy
New RDF plants in Hyderabad to be ready by December 2024

New RDF plants in Hyderabad to be ready by December 2024

According to a new source, the five new RDF plants planned by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Telangana, are all to be operational by the end of 2024. Currently, there is only one plant…

Construction
Three new C&D processing plants to be set up in Telangana

Three new C&D processing plants to be set up in Telangana

According to the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister of Telangana, three new C&D waste processing plants are planned to be set up in the state. They are to be located in Nalgonda, Sangareddy, and…

Waste to Energy
5 Waste to Energy plants for Hyderabad

5 Waste to Energy plants for Hyderabad

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), reportedly plans to set up or revamp five Waste-to-Energy plants across Hyderabad. A 14.5 MW plant currently being constructed in Dundigal is to be commissioned by March 2023. The…

Waste to Energy
Second WtE plant in Jawaharnagar nears commissioning

Second WtE plant in Jawaharnagar nears commissioning

The second WtE facility in Jawaharnagar, Telangana, is “almost ready for commissioning”. The project is planned to have a power supply capacity of 28 MWe, as Telangana Today reports. The first WtE plant in Jawaharnagar…

News
NGT fines Telangana govt for poor SWM

NGT fines Telangana govt for poor SWM

Telangana has been fined Rs 3,825 crore by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) as environmental reparation for continuing to fail to treat municipal solid and liquid waste in Hyderabad and other urban local bodies in…

Biogas
New plans for biogas plant in Telangana

New plans for biogas plant in Telangana

The company Dhatri Biosilicates intends to invest INR 1.6 billion (EUR 19.5 million) to set up a silica and biogas plant in the federal state of Telangana. According to the source, this was announced on…

Biogas
New biogas proposal in Hyderabad

New biogas proposal in Hyderabad

A 20 tpd biowaste AD plant is to be built at the Kaithalapur Transfer Station in Hyderabad, Telangana. Led by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), it entails an estimated…

Plastic
Telangana: Illegal plastic recycling units shut down by PCB

Telangana: Illegal plastic recycling units shut down by PCB

The Pollution Control Board (PCB) is investigating illegal plastic recycling businesses in Hyderabad. The Telangana PCB has ordered the closure of two plants on the outskirts of Hyderabad. More units are also being investigated since…

Policy & others
‘Lakshya Zero Dumpsite’ for Telangana & Maharashtra

‘Lakshya Zero Dumpsite’ for Telangana & Maharashtra

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has approved a proposal worth Rs 178.6 crore for legacy waste remediation in Telangana and Rs 433.72 crores for Maharashtra. The total project approval for Telangana is worth Rs 178.6…

Medical
Telangana: 100 percent scientific BMW treatment achieved

Telangana: 100 percent scientific BMW treatment achieved

Telangana claims to have become among the few states in the country that has been ensuring 100 per cent scientific treatment of biomedical waste generated in the state. In all years from 2016-17 to 2020-21,…

Policy & others
Govt approves plan to clear legacy waste sites in 3 states

Govt approves plan to clear legacy waste sites in 3 states

The Centre has approved the action plans of three states – Rajasthan, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh – as well as Chandigarh for the remediation of legacy municipal trash at dump yards in 171 municipal areas…

News
Telangana to set up SWTPs in 76 ULBs

Telangana to set up SWTPs in 76 ULBs

Telangana’s Municipal Administration & Urban Department (MAUD) will set up solid waste processing and treatment facility for 76 ULBs. MAUD will establish agencies for remediation and reclamation of existing dumpsites through biomining. MSW processing and…

Policy & others
Telangana to focus on MSW for recovery purposes

Telangana to focus on MSW for recovery purposes

The State of Telangana is focusing on using municipal solid waste (MSW) for recovery purposes, according to recent statements by the Telangana Special Chief Secretary (Energy). However, the official did not provide information on any…

Waste to Energy
Update on new WtE project in Jawaharnagar

Update on new WtE project in Jawaharnagar

The additional 28 MW WtE plant to be built at the Jawaharnagar landfill in Hyderabad, Telangana, should take 18 months for construction, once environmental permits are granted. This is according to a report by the…

Construction
New C&D waste proposal in Warangal

New C&D waste proposal in Warangal

Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) plans to set up a C&D waste recycling plant in the village of Kakkiralapally, Warangal, Telangana, reports Telangana Today. The facility shall be erected at five acres owned by the…

News
Secunderabad gets new swachh auto tippers

Secunderabad gets new swachh auto tippers

Secunderabad has acquired several ‘swachh auto tippers’ (SAT) in a bid to ramp up door-to-door waste collection. These SAT vehicles will collect municipal solid waste (MSW) across the Secunderabad Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) zone. …

Biogas
Telangana to set up biogas, biomanure plants

Telangana to set up biogas, biomanure plants

Telangana is planning to set up biogas and biomanure plants in Karimnagar and Warangal soon. Each of the plants will reportedly process 10 tonnes of vegetables, fruit, and flower waste and will cost approximately Rs…

Policy & others
Hyderabad’s mega SWM expansion plans

Hyderabad’s mega SWM expansion plans

The Telangana government is gearing up for comprehensive waste management reforms with a new policy for decentralised waste management in the city. It is developing 17 transfer stations, pressing into service additional 650 swachh auto…

Waste to Energy
Jawaharnagar WtE plant inaugurated

Jawaharnagar WtE plant inaugurated

A 19.8 MW waste to energy (WtE) plant at Jawahar Nagar was inaugurated today. It is the first Waste to Energy Plant in South India with a capacity to process about 1200 tonnes per day…

Policy & others
Telangana to release comprehensive waste management policy soon

Telangana to release comprehensive waste management policy soon

The Telangana government is going to release a comprehensive Waste Management Policy soon, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K Taraka Rama Rao informed The Hindu. Inaugurating a Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycling plant…

Policy & others
User charges for waste collection in Telangana

User charges for waste collection in Telangana

Urban local bodies in Telangana will collect user charges for waste collection, as per revised charges announced by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department. A private agency will collect the amount after categorizing waste…

Sorting/MBT
Hyderabad: One more bin to be added to existing bins meant for wet, dry waste

Hyderabad: One more bin to be added to existing bins meant for wet, dry waste

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in coordination with Telangana State Pollution Control Board is planning to install one more dust bin in addition to the wet and dry waste bins. The additional bin is…

Waste to Energy
Tariff of refuse-based power plants fixed at Rs 7.84/unit

Tariff of refuse-based power plants fixed at Rs 7.84/unit

It is applicable to units that will become commercially operational between 2020-21 and 2023-24 With a view to encouraging generation of power from solid waste in cities in the State, particularly in Hyderabad, Telangana State…

Policy & others
Centre launches ambitious SWM project in Telangana villages

Centre launches ambitious SWM project in Telangana villages

The Central government has taken up a pilot project in Solid Waste Management (SWM) in 97 villages across Telangana State with the goal of improving sanitation in the villages. Hansindia.com reports that three villages will…

Landfilling
Tenders for capping of Madikonda dumping yard soon

Tenders for capping of Madikonda dumping yard soon

The Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) is gearing up to call tenders for capping of the Madikonda (Rampur) dumping yard. Madikonda landfill is located about 18 km away from Warangal city and is the only…

Waste to Energy
WtE plans in Warangal progress

WtE plans in Warangal progress

Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) wants to implement a waste-to-energy facility at the Rampur dumping yard in Warangal, Telangana. The throughput capacity of the planned facility is estimated at 300 t/d. The GWMC plans to…

Agricultural
Spanish company shows interest in Telangana waste treatment

Spanish company shows interest in Telangana waste treatment

According to Telangana Today, a Spanish company specialising in the installation of waste treatment plants, Leblan Industries, has approached the state of Telangana to work with the State Government in setting up waste treatment plants. Following…

Policy & others
MoU signed by Telangana State and Japan for WtE cooperation

MoU signed by Telangana State and Japan for WtE cooperation

The local government of the Indian State of Telangana and the Clean Authority of Tokyo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for future cooperation between the two sides on WtE projects. This was reported…

Konecranes to deliver WtE technology to Hyderabad

A 20 MW Waste-to-Energy facility in Hyderabad, Telangana, will be receiving 2 semi-automated WtE cranes and 1 electrical overhead travelling (EOT) crane in June 2018. The cranes, which were manufactured by Finland-based company Konecranes, will…

Waste to Energy
WtE plant possible in Telangana

WtE plant possible in Telangana

As reported by The HANS INDIA, Telangana’s Minister of Municipal Administration & Urban development has requested Japanese delegates visiting the country to carry out a feasibility study of establishing an incineration plant in the state.…

Waste to Energy
Hyderabad WtE project proceeds

Hyderabad WtE project proceeds

According to Bloomberg, plans for a new WtE plant in Hyderabad, state of Telangana, seem to move forward. Indian company Sri Venkateswara Green Power Projects Ltd. has recently acquired a majority share of 51% of…

Policy & others
Ban on open burning of waste materials by Telangana government

Ban on open burning of waste materials by Telangana government

The Telangana government banned open burning of waste materials in open land and landfill sites with a violation charge of Rs 5000 for ‘simple burning’ and Rs 25,000 for bulk waste burning, according to The…

Plastic
GCPL to support Hyderabad RDF project

GCPL to support Hyderabad RDF project

Company Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL) has apparently decided to provide funding for RDF plants and other waste management sites in Hyderabad, Telangana. As stated on webindia123, a respective Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed…

Plastic
Secunderabad RDF project halted

Secunderabad RDF project halted

The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has halted plans to set up an RDF unit in the Secunderbad Cantonment, a military site in the state of Telangana. According to The Times of India, this is due…