Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated a waste to waste power plant at the Ghazipur poultry market. The plant has the capacity of converting 15 tonnes of waste into 1,500 units of electricity. The plant that operates on bio-gasification, will convert organic waste up to 15 tonnes into 1,500 units of electricity. The government will shell Rs 1.11 crore over a period of 6 years to manage and operate the plant.
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. Only through such judicious recycling will Delhi prosper, or these mountains will keep on increasing in the next 10 years. The plant is a step in this direction”.
Also present at the inauguration were Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Environment Minister Gopal Rai. Sisodia said, “Governance is choosing to use waste to produce electricity instead of letting it be on the streets or dumping it on garbage mountains. This shows how the government is progressing using technological and scientific advancements.”
Rai said: “Delhi is grappling with pollution from activities within as well as around the city. We are in touch with the Centre to assist us in reaching an effective solution to curb polluting activities outside the city. AAP is the only government in power in Delhi which has been instrumental in fighting pollution around the year”.