New Delhi, June 18 -- The deadline for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)'s plan to set up its largest waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Narela-Bawana has been pushed back to December 2028 even as the civic agency is facing issues in relocating high-tension power lineis passing through the site, officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday.

MCD in 2022 had proposed its fifth WtE plant in the Capital with a capacity to process 3,000 metric tonnes of waste daily and generate 28 MW of electricity. Planned at an estimated cost of Rs.604 crore, the plant is designed for a 25-year operational life. The initial deadline to commence operations was December 2025 which was pushed back to December 2027 and now to December 2028.

A senior civi...