The Times of India                09.01.2014 

Smaller waste plants instead of a single big one: MCG chief

GURGAON: Municipal commissioner Praveen Kumar wants smaller recycling plants in different parts of the city instead of a single construction and demolition waste processing unit. Kumar made the decision after a recent meeting with the officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

The MCD officials, Kumar said, suggested a single recycling plant will not be financially viable as the cost incurred in transporting waste from various parts of the city to the plant will be huge. They suggested it would be better to have smaller plants in different pockets of the city.

"I held a meeting with senior MCD officials a few days ago and asked them if the plant being operated by them is financially viable. They told me that they are not able to make much profit as transporting the waste to the plant alone is proving to be a costly affair. They also suggested me not to go in for one huge plant and instead set up smaller plants across the city," said Kumar.

"We will have to look for places where these smaller plants can be set up," he added.

Meanwhile, the next date of hearing in the case filed by a Gurgaon resident against MCG, HUDA and DTCP in the National Green Tribunal is on Thursday. The resident, Priya VK Singh had approached the NGT last year asking the tribunal to direct all the three government agencies to set up C&D waste plants in their area. In the last hearing in December, the agencies failed to inform the tribunal the steps taken by them to contain the mess created by frequent dumping of waste across the city.