Mohali, Nov. 1 -- The Punjab cabinet has approved the award of the proposed wet waste-based compressed biogas (CBG) project for the Mohali cluster to HPCL Renewable and Green Energy Limited (HPRGE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, on a nomination basis. To be established at Samgauli village in Dera Bassi, the plant is expected to provide a long-term solution to the region's growing waste disposal crisis.

The project envisages processing around 300 tonnes of segregated wet waste daily to produce compressed biogas as a cleaner fuel, alongside organic manure. According to the proposal cleared by the Mohali municipal corporation (MC) House, the facility will handle wet waste generated by nine urban local...