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Visakhapatnam Waste-to-energy Chennai Corporation authorises
plant may be commissioned by 21 companies to recycle waste

year-end
s a part of the Greater Chennai Corporation’s
he Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation A(GCC) initiative to make the city garbage-free
and reduce the amount of waste being carted to the
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by the year-end. Municipal Commissioner G Srijana who that have been granted authorisation to recycle and
visited the plant here on Thursday interacted with the process biodegradable (wet) waste and solid (dry)
representatives of Jindal Group which is executing the waste generated in Chennai. The companies have been
project and asked them to speed up the work. She enquired granted authorisation to process and recycle waste
generated by bulk waste generators for a period of
one year. The companies have to adhere to norms laid
down by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and
Central Pollution Control Board regarding solid waste
management. The authorisation, which was given on
July 24, is valid for one year. The companies will process
the garbage generated by bulk waste generators. Bulk
waste generators are households, societies institutions,
restaurants, that generate more than 100 kg of waste
a day. The GCC has also laid down guidelines for bulk
waste generators.

The cost of the recycling services will be borne by the
about the bio-mining and material collection centres in
the city. Site in-charge GCS Reddy, Jindal Group senior bulk waste generators and the onus is on the client
manager (operations) V. Satish gave a presentation over and the company to agree upon a suitable price.
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sanctioned in 2016 and the work began in 2017 after land
allotment. The GVMC will provide solid waste gathered
from around 4.5 lakh households in 72 wards. As per the
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of power from the solid waste. On the other hand, the
Jawahar Nagar dumpyard receiving solid waste from across
the city and outskirts will soon be home to a waste-to-
energy thermal power plant with high establishment cost.
Capital cost of the 19.8 megawatt waste-to-energy plant
will be between Rs 15 crore to Rs 18 crore per megawatt
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concessionaire for solid waste management in the city. down by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and
Calculated on the total project cost of R 340 crore, the Central Pollution Control Board regarding solid waste
cost per megawatt works out to more than Rs 17 crore management. In case of doubts, bulk waste generators
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State Electricity Regulatory Commission, through its order The GCC has authorised 18 companies to provide on-site
in 2016, has capped the capital cost for the waste-to- composting and processing services of biodegradable
energy plants at Rs 14 crore per megawatt. waste in the city.

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