Nitish Sharma
Tribune News Service
Ambala, April 29
The district’s wait for its own integrated waste-to-energy plant at Patvi is unlikely to end soon as the tender process for the plant has been re-initiated for the fourth time due to inadequate bids received during the last tender.
The government had given the approval to transform a defunct solid waste treatment plant into an integrated waste-to-energy plant at Patvi in the district last year.
The estimated cost of the project is more than Rs 300 crore and multi-national companies are expected to compete for the project as expertise to generate energy from waste is with very limited companies in the country. Keeping the same in mind, global tenders were floated.
The Municipal Corporation has floated the tenders thrice since September last year. The last tender was opened in March, but there was only single bid.
Ambala generates over 300 tonnes of waste in a day. The plant at Patvi was constructed at an initial cost of Rs 12 crore and treated 70 metric tonnes of solid waste daily, besides generated 5 MW and produced organic fertiliser from the waste, but the quality of fertiliser was not good. It was shut down shortly after its inauguration in 2008 as the Union Ministry of Environment did not give clearance to the project.
A series of objections and litigation cropped up between the company and the corporation, the legal battle was won by the corporation, last year.
Instead of reviving the plant, it was decided to set up a waste-to-energy plant.
Ambala Municipal Corporation Joint Commissioner Gagandeep Singh said, “There was only one bid from the last tender and that was not adequate as per the guidelines. The process to float a fresh tender has been started and that is being taken care of by the headquarter (Urban Local Bodies). As soon as we get the instructions, the corporation will float the tender.”
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