Ludhiana, May 24 -- The municipal corporation (MC) has extended the tender of development for the Integrated Solid Waste Management project for the sixth time as it faces a hard time finding bidders for it.

The current request for proposal (RFP) was floated on March 21 and was supposed close on April 7, but due lack of bidders, the closing date was first pushed to April 17, then to April 23, May 9, May 18, May 21, and has eventually been extended till May 27.

The ambitious Rs.1408 crore project titled 'Development of Integrated Solid Waste Management (collection, transportation, processing & disposal) for MC Ludhiana through Public Private Partnership' includes door-to-door collection of municipal solid waste (MSW) in segregated manner ...