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Monday, May 13, 2013

Essel Pallavapuram bags Rs 100-cr waste management project

New Delhi: Essel Pallavapuram and Tambaram MSW Private Ltd (EPTMPL) will set up a Rs 100-crore municipal solid waste management project to handle household waste generated in Pallavaram and Tambaram municipalities.

The company bagged the contract from Pallavaram Municipality to set up the integrated municipal solid waste management project in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

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The waste management plant will come up at Vengadamangalam on a Design, Build, Operate and Transfer (DBOT) basis.

Essel Pallavapuram will treat 300 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily and handle the operations and maintenance for 20 years. The plant is expected to be commissioned by April 2014. The project includes a 2.9-MW waste to energy project and disposal of waste from 3.5 lakh households.

It will use biological treatment, non-incineration-based waste-to-energy technology, construct a transfer station-cum-material recovery facility in Ganapathipuram and Kannadapalayam using technologies to generate refuse-derived fuel and eco-bricks from inert materials and organic compost at the processing facility.

The company will also take up the scientific closure of the existing dump yard at Ganapathipuram and Kannadapalayam as per MSW rules 2000.

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