Mayor B S Sathyanarayana said companies who come forward to set up
waste-to-energy plants in Bangalore are more interested in acquiring
land than starting their operation.

Bangalore-based Spurthi Industries demonstrated its technology, Alchemy, at Peenya Industrial area on Wednesday.

Speaking
to reporters on the sidelines of the event, The Mayor said there are
many companies coming forward to set up their plants. “But it looks like
most of them are more interested in acquiring land,” he said.

Referring
to Hanjer Biotech Energies plant whose waste-to-energy plant is
operational at Salem, The Mayor said they were supposed to set up a
plant in Subbarayanapalya in Rajarajeshwarinagar.

“We have given
land. We have constructed a compound wall as per their requirement. But
the company is dilly-dallying on installing machinery. I have directed
the officials to issue a final notice to them. If they do not proceed
with the work, we will cancel their tender and call for a fresh one,” he
said.

Stating that Srinivas Gayathri Resource Recovery, which has
been authorised to set up a waste-to-energy plant at Mandur is yet to
start work, the Mayor said that the company has assured to start work by
December.

The Mayor, however, said the concept of a dumping yard
will be removed by next year. “In the next two months, we are laying
foundations for at least four waste -to-energy plants including a
250-ton capacity plant at Karnataka Compost Development Corporation and a
1,000-ton plant at Kannahalli in Bangalore North Taluk.”

“These
companies will take eight to 12 months to start their operations. Once
they are operational, we need not have a dumping yard,” he said.