Aafrin Kidwai 
Visakhapatnam’s new Waste-to-Energy Processing Plant was formally inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on October 23.
Trial runs of the plant began earlier this month, on October 2, 2021. Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Commissioner (GVMC), Ms G. Srijana, flagged off the closed compact vehicle in which solid waste was sent to the plant. As a part of the trial run, 500 tons of waste was processed for generating electricity.
As reported earlier on SolidWasteIndia, GVMC had entered into an agreement with Jindal ITF Urban Infrastructure Limited for the WtE plant in Vizag in 2016. In 2018, around 18 acres of land at Kapuluppada, located about 30 kilometres away from Visakhapatnam city, was given on lease for a period of 25 years to build the plant. The civic body will reportedly be delivering 950 metric tonnes of waste on a daily basis for the plant after the inauguration of the project.
The Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) will procure power from the plant for 25 years. 15 MW of power will be generated per day, the GVMC estimates.
