Waste-to-power plant launched at Ghazipur market

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 15 tonnes per day Waste-to-Power (WTP) plant at the Ghazipur poultry market, along with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Environment Minister Gopal Rai Tuesday.

Using the process of bio-gasification, the plant can convert organic waste weighing up to 15 tonnes into 1,500 units of electricity. The cost of managing and operating the plant for six years is Rs 1.11 crore.

Kejriwal said more such plants should come up across the city: “With an existing big WTP plant and the establishment of hundreds of such small plants, waste should no longer be dumped on garbage mountains. It should be recycled and turned into compost or combusted to generate electricity or be used in brick kilns.