Municipal Corporation of Delhi has started working on its fifth construction & demolition waste processing unit project in Tehkhand.
According to officials, this new facility will have the capacity to recycle 1,000 tonnes of waste per day. Technical bids are being studied, and the work will be awarded to a private contractor.
There are around 100 dedicated ‘malba’ collection points in the city from where the waste can be sent to the authorised C&D plants and useful products can be made from it. These plants make recycled materials like tiles, kerbstones and bricks. The corporation has also issued helpline numbers in case a citizen needs their C&D waste to be collected directly.For the past few years, MCD has been trying to make the use of C&D waste popular among people. On May 29, 2022, LG Saxena had visited the landfill site at Ghazipur and asked the officials concerned to explore the possibility of disposal of inert and C&D waste with public participation. He asked industries, contractors, road constructing agencies, builders and individuals in Delhi and NCR to pick up and use this reusable waste for free. MCD had subsequently offered to give the C&D waste and inert from landfill sites for free. Officials stated that they had received a good response from the public for the offer so far.
The city generates around 6,000 tonnes per day of C&D waste. Currently, MCD has four plants at Bakkarwala (1,000 TPD capacity), Jahangirpuri (2,000 TPD), Rani Khera (1,000 TPD), and Shastri Park (1,000 TPD) to treat this.
“The work at Tehkhand plant will be completed within a year of awarding the contract. Currently, the technical evaluation of the bids received is ongoing,” said an MCD official.
The Tehkhand engineered landfill, built at a cost of Rs 42.3 crore, was inaugurated in March this year and has the capacity to handle 10 lakh tonnes of waste. It has a peripheral boundary wall to keep the fly ash in check and wide roads that allow trash carriers to approach with ease. This new municipal facility will serve as a dump for the next seven years.
