Mumbai: The BMC is awaiting approval from the state govt to hand over about 18 acres of land in Deonar to Mahanagar Gas Limited(MGL) for the development of a compressed biogas (CBG) plant. The facility will process 1,000 ton per day (TPD) of wet waste supplied by the civic body. According to BMC officials, the proposal is currently under review by the state.The project will be implemented in two phases: in the first phase, a 500 TPD plant will be established on an 8-acre plot; in the second phase, another 500 TPD plant will be built on a 10-acre plot, both in Deonar.
The Union govt is focusing on the production of compressed biogas using municipal waste. Accordingly, the civic body was asked to establish a project. An MoU was signed between BMC and MGL in June 2023 for setting it up. The BMC has identified two plots for phases 1 and 2 at Deonar. While land for phase 1 will be allotted on a plot where a BMC garage for bulldozers and excavators is housed on the outskirts of the dumping ground, land for the second phase is being allotted inside the dumping ground.The civic body had sought the approval of the state to hand over the plots to MGL at concessional rates.
The project will be implemented without any cost to the BMC. The capital expenditure and expenditure on operations and maintenance will be borne by the operator of the plant. The operator will have rights over the compressed biogas, fertilizers and the byproducts produced at the plant. The civic body will not charge a fee for providing the wet waste required for the plant. Wet waste generated from hotels, restaurants, banquet halls, and vegetable waste from markets will be collected and segregated before being supplied to the plant.
After work on the CBG project is completed, there will be three other phase: a biomass waste treatment plant, organic fertilizer production plant and a green fuel production plant.
