nWith setting up a bio-methanation plant at Dwarka that will process biodegradable municipal solid waste and to produce electricity and organic manure and compost, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) claimed that it will achieve 100 per cent waste processing in the next two year.

The plant and aerobic drum composter is “plug and play model” and can be shifted to another site at any time. With the move, the civic body will process five metric ton biodegradable waste daily in a single bio-methanation plant, a senior SDMC official said, adding that these plants will also generate electricity and 250 Kwh (kilowatt hour ) will be fed to grid through net metering.

The cost of this plant is Rs 174 lakh and besides generating electricity, it will also produce 75 kg enriched manure every day.

A senior SDMC official said that there are a number of environmental benefits of this plant. Disposal of municipal solid waste in scientific manner as per ‘Solid Waste Management’ (SWM) rules 2016, promotion of the centralisation of disposal, reduction of load at landfill sites, reduction in emission of carbon dioxide and methane into atmosphere during transportation and reduction in consumption of fossil fuels while generation of electricity.

The official said that the SDMC has decided to set up four bio methanation plants,

out of which one bio methanation plant has been already started in Punjabi Bagh and another plant is made functional at Dwarka. 

Leader of House in SDMC Kamaljeet Sehrawat said that the civic body has been working vigorously to boost waste processing and its efforts are not just symbolic but are result oriented. As regards waste management, SDMC is remediating existing landfill site at Okhla to make it a beautiful green hillock, she said.

Sehrawat referred the project of setting up of ‘Gobar gas plant’ under Najafgarh Zone. “Our model in respect of these plants is replicated by other States and it has been adopted by Ministry of Urban Development,” she said, adding that Delhi generates 10000 ton waste every day and it has become a daunting challenge to manage and process entire quantity of waste.

She appreciated the efforts of SDMC in establishing relevant and much needed plants which will go a long way in production of enriched organic manure, generation of electricity and treatment of effluent water for the purposes of irrigation in its parks.

The civic body had established a decentralised waste processing biogas plant at Punjabi Bagh earlier this year which generates approximately 800 units of electricity and around 800 kilograms organic manure per day.