India, Aug. 11 -- The Delhi government is planning to double the area and the originally planned processing capacity of the upcoming electronic waste eco park in north Delhi's Holambi Kalan, environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Sunday. The announcement was made following the minister's visit to Norway's Revetal last week, where he analysed another e-waste processing facility.

The new north Delhi eco park will now process 110,000 metric tonnes (MT) of waste per annum, as against the originally planned capacity of 51,000 MT. Around 11.4 acres was identified in Holambi Kalan for the plant, and the estimated cost was set at Rs.150 crore. A global tender (RFQ-cum-RFP) will soon be floated, officials said.

Officials did not spec...