While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has enlisted Tata Consultancy in its effort to create energy from the waste at the Deonar dumping ground, this venture has faced opposition from loca
While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has enlisted Tata Consultancy in its effort to create energy from the waste at the Deonar dumping ground, this venture has faced opposition from local corporators. Samajwadi Party corporator Rais Shaikh opposed the venture in the BMC’s standing committee meeting on Thursday, claiming that the plant set up for the purpose will result in several environmental and health hazards and impact the health and lifestyles of the residents living around the dumping ground.
Mr Shaikh said, “In another three days’ time, a feasibility report of the waste-to-energy plant will be presented before the BMC, which will make the picture clearer for all of us.”
Meanwhile, Mr Shaikh has also claimed that Tata Consultancy has been appointed for the project owing to the pressure it has generated on the BMC from the Central government. However, he has not confirmed his claim of the environmental and health hazards, and won’t do so until the feasibility report has been submitted.
The BMC appointed Tata Consultancy to come up with a solution to scientifically dispose of the garbage accumulated at Deonar. While the waste-to-energy plant to be set up there is expected to produce 25-30 megawatts of energy by processing 3,000 metric tonnes of garbage per day, it requires about 14 ha of land to set up the plant inside the 120-ha dumping ground.
