June is too soon; the capital’s first bio-CNG plant has a new deadline

New Delhi: By the end of September, the city’s first bio-CNG facility will be up and running, producing compressed gas from moist waste. This is located next to the landfill in Okhla. This year, the Delhi Municipal Corporation intends to build a second bio-CNG plant in Ghoga, in the northwest of the city.
Approximately 300 tonnes of household wet garbage are expected to be processed daily by the Okhla plant, where 40% of the construction has already been finished.

“We originally intended to finish the project by June’s end, but after observing the site’s development, a new timetable has been set. According to an official, the facility would take in the moist garbage produced in the MCD’s south and central zones.
There formerly existed a composting facility on the property. In order to transmit the gas produced once the trash is processed, the organisation building the plant and IGL have signed a memorandum of understanding. The official said, “The plant is situated over seven acres, and the installation of two digester units is complete.”
IGL plans to build the second facility in Gogha on 3.5 acres. It will probably start operating by the end of the year. “It will handle 100 tonnes of garbage every day, and 10–15% of the site’s work has been finished. Every day, the wet trash produced in the Narela zone will be sent to this location. The plant’s limited capacity will also result in the construction of a single digester. As for the disposal of moist waste, these plants will be essential, another official said.
At 231 nearby composting facilities, which have the capacity to handle 563 metric tonnes of garbage per day, MCD is already processing and disposing of wet waste. “We would have developed more of these decentralised units, but it can be difficult to find a suitable location,” the official said.
The company is now developing a plan to restore the Singhola site after biomining more than 8 lakh metric tonnes of silt. In the past, a number of authorities have deposited mixed trash here.