New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday announced plans to establish four new Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) processing facilities across the city.
The proposed facilities at Bhalswa, Singhola, Narela-Bawana, and Okhla will together have the capacity to process 5,100 metric tonnes (MT) of waste per day at a total estimated cost of Rs 361.42 crore.
According to MCD officials, Delhi generates about 11,500 MT of MSW daily.
Currently, four waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, at Narela-Bawana (1,300 TPD), Okhla (1,550 TPD), Tehkhand (2,000 TPD), and Ghazipur (1,300 TPD), handle around 6,550 tonnes per day.
Despite additional decentralised processing units, around 4,700 tonnes of unprocessed waste still end up at the t...