Decade on, Dera Bassi waste management project yet to take off
Even after a decade, the solid waste management project at Samgoli in Dera Bassi is yet to see the light of day as the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has backed out.
Now the state government is looking for the latest technology, by which refuse-derived fuel (RDF) or by-products produced from waste can be used to make coal to be sold to thermal plants in the state.
In March last year, the Punjab government had given approval to hand over construction and operations of the ‘waste to energy’ plant to NTPC. The state government had also given approval to the local bodies department for an MoU between NTPC and the Mohali municipal corporation (MC), being the nodal agency,
