Pact signed for gas, compost from waste

faridabad, April 29

The state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for setting up of a biomethenation plant here. The plant will produce gas and compost from organic waste.

The MoU was signed by officials of the Municipal Corporation (MC), Faridabad, IOC, Haryana Shahri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), Ecogreen and Iskcon in the presence of Industries and Commerce Minister Vipul Goel.

Goel said it would help Faridabad in realising the goal of Smart City. The project would be set up by the IOC at a cost of Rs 3 crore, he said and added that it would be ready by March 2019. Land for this project has been made available by the HSVP.

The plant would produce nearly 18 cylinders of gas everyday and it would be supplied free to Iskcon, the agency engaged in cooking and supply of mid-day-meal to 60,000 schoolchildren here. The plant would also produce about four tonnes of compost per day from about five tonnes of organic waste. The compost would be supplied to the HSVP for its parks. The waste would be collected and delivered to the plant by Ecogreen, the company presently engaged in disposal of waste in the city. — TNS

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