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Pune Municipal Corporation's plan to generate power from waste remains on paper
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation's plan to revive the project to generate electricity from garbage has not made any headway in the last two years, despite a provision in the civic budget for 2025-26.
Now, the deadline to set up a plant at Ramtekdi, which will have a capacity to handle 350 tonnes of waste a day, has extended by four months from the scheduled period of Dec 2025.
Officials said the administration considered various factors such as time to import equipment and machinery for the facility, and procedural delays for the extension of the deadline.
"Most of the civil works have been completed. The administration is hoping to generate energy from April 2026," said Sandip Kadam, head of PMC's solid waste management department.
Residents, however, said the civic body should focus on dealing with the basic problems of garbage collection and processing.
"Piles of trash lying unattended can be seen across locations as a result of open dumping. Instead of wasting money on unsuccessful projects, more vehicles should be purchased to lift and dispose of the trash," said Ameya Nipankar of Kothrud.
Vivek Velankar of Sajag Nagrik Manch, a citizens' group, said the corporation has not been able to produce power from waste.
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"Many attempts were made, but none of them proved successful. Even then, some officials are adamant on starting new projects on similar lines. It is a waste of public money."
More than a decade ago, PMC announced with much fanfare its plan to set up two plants of 500 tonnes and 250 tonnes capacity at Uruli Devachi. But after these faced opposition from local residents, the civic body scrapped the idea and declared two years ago that it would establish a plant at Ramtekdi.
As per available data, the city generates around 2,300 metric tonnes of garbage every day. More than 350 vehicles are deployed for collecting and transporting waste.
Civic officials said they also hope to get financial aid from Centre. Union govt provides central financial assistance to project developers and service charges to implementing/inspection agencies in respect of successful commissioning of waste to energy plants for generation of biogas, bio-CNG/enriched biogas/compressed biogas, and power/generation of syngas.
