MCGM Standing Committee approves development of Deonar WtE plant in Maharashtra

The Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has approved the development of the Deonar waste-to-energy (WtE) plant under the Greater Mumbai Solid Waste Management Project. The scope of work involves the design, construction and successful commissioning of a 600 tonne per day WtE plant on a design-build-operate basis at Deonar, at an estimated cost of Rs 10 billion. The period for the completion of the work is 40 months, with operation and maintenance (O&M) for 15 years. The Greater Mumbai Solid Waste Management Project involves improvement works for four landfill sites in Mumbai in Maharashtra. The works include redevelopment of the disposal sites by closure arrangements (Gorai, Mulund, Deonar, Kanjur) and reclaiming part of the dump sites for setting up municipal solid waste processing plants.