Ludhiana, Aug. 7 -- The municipal corporation's long-pending solid waste management project is finally nearing reality after both bids for the tender successfully cleared their technical evaluations.

The civic body had struggled to attract investors for over a year, with previous tenders drawing no interest due to the project's high cost and long-term commitments. The latest tender, issued on March 21 and was set to close on April 7, faced seven deadline extensions before finally securing two bids in July.

This milestone is significant because if even one firm had failed, the tender would have collapsed and required a fresh issuance.

SE Sham Lal Gupta said, "Now that the technical evaluations are complete the civic body is engaged in f...