Hyderabad: 2 Waste-to-Energy plants planned to handle 2,000 tonne garbage

HYDERABAD: With Jawaharnagar dumping yard getting more and more choked with arrival of mounds of garbage beyond its capacity, GHMC is planning two more Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants to ease pressure on the sole municipal solid waste plant in city.
According to GHMC officials, Jawaharnagar dumpyard receives 7,000 tonnes per day (TPD) of waste. With the establishment of plants at Pyaranagar in Medak's Jinnaram and Dundigal, at least 2,000 TPD can be diverted there.
Chief executive officer of Re Sustainability Limited (formerly Ramky Enviro) Masood Mallick told TOI that the 14.5 megawatt Dundigal WTE plant is capable of handling around 1,000 TPD of waste.
"Dundigal plant will the biggest boiler system in India. Once operated, it can divert a substantial amount of garbage which has a high calorific value from Jawaharnagar to Dundigal," Mallick said.
Jawaharnagar has over 12 million tonnes of legacy waste which needs to be handled with landfills getting filled up at a faster clip. One of them is already closed and capped, while another one filled to its brim is in the process of capping. The Dundigal plant, which is privately owned by Re Sustainability, will come into operation from January 15 next year. Senior officials said the project is almost complete and testing of equipment is currently under way.
Another WtE plant of 24 MW capacity is expected to be set up at Pyaranagar on the outskirts of the city. Krishna Rao Thota, Re Sustainability's vice-president and project head of MSW management, said that they were seeking permission from the forest department to lay a 600-metre road to the site.
"After all the requisite permissions are taken, including from the ministry of environment and forest, we will be taking up the project forward," Krishna Rao told TOI.
Currently, in Jawahar Nagar, there is a 24 MW WTE plant with a two-boiler system which is running at 100 per cent capacity.
However, another 24 MW boiler is being built adjacent to the existing unit to scale up the existing operations.