The proposed waste-to-energy plant in the capital to streamline waste management is economically not feasible and environmentally harmful, Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) CEO Manoj Kumar, who visited the Jhiri site earlier this week for the proposed plant on Tuesday, has admitted.
The municipal corporation CEO told this reporter that the basic idea of generating electricity from waste was ‘flawed’ and had not succeeded anywhere in India, his opinion matching those of other waste management experts that this reporter contacted independently. Reason: the waste generated in India is different from that in the West as separating various wastes at source is virtually absent. As one pointed out, in India, people dump used batteries and leftover dal in the same bin.
