THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Munnar and Devikulam panchayats have signed the tripartite concession agreement with AG Dauters waste processing private limited and Kannan Devan hills plantation company limited to set up a waste to energy plant at Munnar. The project will be implemented on build, own, operate and maintain (BOOM) basis.The government had earlier sanctioned setting up of waste to energy plant at Munnar on BOOM basis in the land provided by Kannan Devan hills plantations company limited without adopting tender process. The company will lease 2 acres of land to Munnar Gram panchayat.
Earlier it was found in the study that the generation of total solid waste in Munnar and Devikulam was less than the minimum assured quantity of 20 tons per day and hence the neighbouring gram panchayats shall also be included in the cluster. The plant will have a processing capacity of 20 metric tonnes of solid waste per day per day and the initial generation capacity of the plant will be 10 MW.