A consortium hired to set up waste-to-energy plant at Achan dumping site is likely to walk out of the project on grounds of delay by authorities to perform their job under the agreement.
A 5-MW power plant was to be installed at Achan that serves as dumping site for municipal waste generated in Srinagar. As per the details, once completed the project would use 450 metric ton of solid waste generated on daily basis to convert it into low-cost electricity and facilitate productive disposal of harmful waste.
On 22 December 2017, National Green tribunal issued directions to state government for completion of the project, first of its kind in J&K, within 18 months.
