The Hindu 12.11.2010
Garbage-based power plant for city
Special Correspondent
The third such project will be coming up at Yacharam
HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has
finally entered into an agreement with Venkateshwara Hydro Power
Projects (VHPP) for setting up of a 12 MW power plant based on the
municipal solid waste.
Additional Commissioner S. Aleem Basha (Health & Sanitation) said
the government has accorded permission for the plant and as per the
agreement signed with the firm on Wednesday, 700 metric tonnes of
municipal solid waste per day will be given free of cost.
The plant is coming up on a 100 acre sire at Yacharam, near
Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy district, to process, recycle and convert
garbage into power by removing hazardous and recyclable material after
obtaining necessary permission from the A.P. Pollution Control Board
(APPCB). However, the firm will have to pay Rs.25 per ton of garbage
supplied to the site as royalty.
It also brings to a close a prolonged letter duel between the
municipal corporation and the firm for commissioning the plant. For the
last couple of years, GHMC has been refusing to enter into a deal on the
premise that VHPP did not complete financial closure within the
stipulated time.
What was unsaid was also the fact that GHMC had signed up with Ramky
for an Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project using up the
daily garbage being generated in the capital save for the 1,400 metric
tonnes of waste to be supplied to Selco and RDF power projects. These
two firms had a previous agreement with the civic body and hence were
exempt from the Ramky deal.
But, VHPP approached the State and obtained permission . The firm has
a power purchase agreement with Tata Power Trading Company Ltd to
purchase power at the rate of Rs 3.60 per unit.
