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Having processed a million tonnes of garbage since January 2012 in Timarpur in the Okhla area of New Delhi and generated useful electricity, Jindal ITF has set its eyes on replicating the model in other cities.
Efforts are on to take up initiatives in Punjab.
“We have identified two places and are discussing with the State Government for tying up land and continued supply of solid wastes,” said Abha Negi, spokesperson of the company.
Jindal ITF, part of the Rs 7,500-crore listed Jindal SAW, has sourced German technology to efficiently get rid of as much of the city’s solid waste as possible and in the bargain come up with some energy.
In the case of the Timarpur Okhla solid waste management plant, a daily processing of 1,300 tonnes of solid waste is on. Since January last year, 190 million units of electricity have been generated and 158 million units supplied to the national grid, Negi told Business Line here recently.
Excellence award
The company’s efforts in integrated waste management have recently won it the excellence in solid waste management award from the Confederation of Indian Industry and A.P. Technology Development Corporation.
Indresh Batra, Managing Director, said the plant is India’s first large scale commercial waste-to-energy facility.
It sources municipal solid waste and generates renewable energy.
It is registered with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for earning carbon credits.
The project is on a private-public-partnership mode with the Ministry of Renewable Energy and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi involved.
A total investment of Rs 285 crore has gone into the project so far.
Worldwide there are around 800 waste management facilities in major cities.
In India, there are plans and small initiatives that are taking shape.
The problem is funds for Municipal Corporations and assured quantum of daily solid waste.
somasekhar.m@thehindu.co.in
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