Eye on waste-to-energy plant, Delhi MCD inks pact with two power transmitters
To optimise space usage, the two transmitters have agreed to consolidate one DTL line and one POWERGRID line onto multi-circuit towers, the MCD announced
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The plant will process 3,000 tonne of untreated municipal solid waste per day (Express File)The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday entered into a tripartite agreement with two power transmitters – Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) and Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) – in a step forward to establish a state-of-the-art waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Narela-Bawana.
The MCD said that to facilitate the project, it was necessary to clear a portion of the site where the WtE will come up, as three 400 KV transmission lines — one owned by DTL and two by POWERGRID — pass from there.
To optimise space usage, the two transmitters have agreed to consolidate one DTL line and one POWERGRID line onto multi-circuit towers, the MCD announced.
In a statement, the MCD said that it has been agreed that the work of shifting the transmission lines will be executed by POWERGRID, with the one-time capital cost being borne by MCD.
“This critical infrastructure adjustment will ensure uninterrupted progress of the WtE project while maintaining the integrity of Delhi’s power transmission network… To formalise this arrangement, a tripartite agreement was signed… This marks a significant milestone in MCD’s efforts to implement modern, eco-friendly waste management solutions for a cleaner and greener Delhi,” it added.
The plant will process 3,000 tonne of untreated municipal solid waste per day, which according to MCD will help reduce the city’s waste burden and generate clean energy. This will be the fifth such facility in the Capital and is expected to be the largest.
Ahead of the Delhi elections, this proposed plant had led to a massive uproar among local residents, who had claimed the project will give rise to environmental and health issues, as trees planted on the 15-acre land — on which the WtE will come up — will be felled.
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