New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) Delhi government is working to set up a series of compressed biogas plants to deal with the city's dairy and organic municipal waste, generating green fuel and fertilisers, officials
said on Friday.
In September last year, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated two CBGs of 200 tons per day (TPD) and 100 TPD capacity at Nangli Dairy and Ghogha Dairy, respectively, to prevent untreated sludge from falling into the Yamuna River through untapped drains.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) generates 11,500 TPD of municipal waste. However, the existing capacity can treat upto 7,642 TPD, leaving a gap of 4,612 TPD, officials said.
The government plans to enhance the processing capacity by 650 TPD by the end of this year, through two new plants, they said.
The work is underway to set up a 300 TPD Bio-CNG plant in Okhla and a 350 TPD capacity plant in Ghazipur, which are to be commissioned by December this year, they said.
Also, the government has aimed to commission two 200 TPD capacity plants.
According to the officials, the plant at Goyala Dairy is likely to be commissioned by March this year and the other at Ghogha Dairy in August.
Additionally, the government is working to enhance the capacity by 1,000 TPD by setting up new CBG plants. Suitable locations are being identified for the plants at -- Bhalswa, Madanpur, Khadar and Masoodpur, they added.
The Delhi chief minister while inaugurating the first biogas plant at Nangli Dairy in September last year, emphasised the city's need for several such facilities to process cattle dung and municipal waste.
"Delhi produces nearly 1,500 metric tonnes of cow dung daily, and one plant is not enough. The city will need many more such units in the future," Gupta had said.
According to officials, the facility produces over 14,000 cubic metres of raw biogas daily, translating into 5.6 tonnes of CBG and generating manure as a byproduct. PTI VIT SHS
