Scientific processing and utilization of C&D waste have achieved isolated successes in India. Delhi
was the first city to implement a C&D waste management plan through a pilot processing facility
developed under a public-private-partnership (PPP) in 2010. After the initial success of the pilot plant
processing waste at 500 tonnes per day (TPD), the capacity of the plant has been increased to 2,000
TPD. To minimise transportation distances and associated costs, Delhi planned to have a distributed
network of processing facilities in different zones of the city. Accordingly, two more smaller (500
TPD and 150 TPD respectively) plants have recently come online (2017-18), with planning for more
under way.
Ahmedabad was the second city in India to implement C&D waste processing, by adopting a similar
PPP model as that in Delhi. A 300 TPD processing facility was launched in 2014, the capacity of
which was increased to 600 TPD 2016 after successful operation and now to 1,000 TPD in 2018.
Table 1 summarises the key features of the Delhi and Ahmedabad C&D waste management plans.
Table 1: Key features of the Delhi and Ahmedabad C&D waste management plans
10
For NDMC Service Area:
147/tonne (with annual escala-
Tipping Fee (INR
11 178/tonne
per tonne) tion of 5%) For EDMC Ser-
vice Area: 375/tonne (with an-
nual escalation of 3%)
Recycled aggregates, manufac- Paver blocks, tiles, hollow
tured sand, paver blocks, curb blocks/bricks, pre-fabricated
Products
stones, tiles, hollow structures like frames, manhole
blocks/bricks covers, benches, etc.
10
New Delhi Municipal Council
11
East Delhi Municipal Corporation
In both Delhi and Ahmedabad, Design Build Operate Finance and Transfer (DBOFT) model is
being followed. The Municipal Corporation contracts a private party and this authorised agency is
responsible for both transportation and processing of the C&D waste and develops the neces-
sary infrastructure with its own financing. The Municipal Corporation offers land to the con-
tracted party for establishing the processing facility and also designates a series of intermediate
collection points at favourable locations throughout the city. The authorised agency collects C&D
waste from these designated collection points as well as from unauthorised dumps, as directed by the
urban authority, and transports it to the processing facility. The municipal corporation pays the au-
thorised agency an agreed fee per tonne of waste that is collected and transported. The authorised
agency may also collect fees directly from large generators (such as Metro Rail) for waste collection;
however, if generators bring waste to the processing facility at their own expense, the agency accept
it without charge. Therefore, the private partner has two sources of revenue – the “tipping fee”
from the ULB and the sale of recycled products made from C&D waste. This ensures the viability
of the enterprise. However, in both Delhi and Ahmedabad, market uptake of recycled products made
from C&D waste remains an ongoing challenge.
SOURCE - Draft Report of NITI Aayog on strategy to promote processing of construction and dem-
olition (C&D) waste, http://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/CDW_Strategy_Draft%20Fi-
nal_011118.pdf
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
2. Gurgaon will have an ultramodern solid waste management plant to be set up near
village Bandhwari
Gurgaon will have an ultramodern solid waste management plant to be set up near village
Bandhwari, in which, according to the consultant agency NBCC, the inert material left for
dumping will be merely 15 per cent of the total garbage treated in it, rest will be utilized and
the nearby villages will not have even the stinking smell. The Bandhwari plant will have a
capacity of treating 1000 tons of garbage per day and it would be surrounded by a green
belt.
Source - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/gurgaon-to-have-waste-management-
plant/articleshow/3605170.cms?from=mdr