Monday, August 16, 2021

Chandigarh, August 16- Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today digitally inaugurated the 'Waste-to Energy' Plant set up at Ganaur from Gurugram. In this plant, waste from Sonipat and Panipat clusters will be disposed off and electricity will also be generated. The Chief Minister also inaugurated a mega Drinking Water Supply Project in Gurugram.

About 750 tonne of waste will be disposed off daily in Gannaur Plant

The Chief Minister today inaugurated the 'Waste-to Energy' plant set up in Gannaur for Sonipat and Panipat clusters digitally at a cost of Rs 176.87 crore. The Chief Minister said that this Project, prepared on Public Private Partnership basis, will dispose off 750 tonne of waste per day, while it will also generate 8 MW of power which will be given to the grid. Its concessionaire is JBM Enviro and the concession period of the project is 22 years. The waste of Local Bodies of Sonipat and Panipat districts will be disposed off in this Plant. This Plant, set up in Gannaur, will dispose off 750 tonne of waste per day by 2035. The concessionaires claimed that the waste would not be collected at the plant site but would be disposed off simultaneously and there would be no foul smell.

3.80 lakh people will get clean drinking water

The Water Supply Project of GMDA which has been inaugurated today will provide clean drinking water to about 3.80 lakh persons living in the vicinity starting from Sector-81 to Sector-99 of Gurugram.

Earlier, GMDA Chief Executive Officer, Sh. Sudhir Rajpal had said that 229 licenses were given in Sector-81 to 99, out of which the Town and Country Planning Department has also given occupation certificate in 56 licenses. These colonies were currently dependent on tanker water and with the start of this Water Supply Project today, they will get canal-based water supply. An amount of Rs. 76.21 crore has been spent on this Project.

He said that in this area GMDA is using such technology that people can drink water directly from tap without installing RO provided their internal pipelines are clean.

The work of supplying drinking water in the area from Sector 58 to 115 is being done in three packages at a cost of about Rs 235 crore. Of these three packages, one of the packages was the Project inaugurated today which was built at a cost Rs 76.21 crore.

On this occasion, representatives of the residents of Sector-81 to 99 were also present in the Rest House, who expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal for providing clean drinking water.

On this occasion, Badshahpur MLA and Chairman, Haryana Agro Industries, Sh. Rakesh Daulatabad, Additional Chief Secretary, Sh S.N. Roy, Public Safety Advisor to Chief Minister, Sh. Anil Rao, GMDA CEO, Sh. Sudhir Rajpal, Divisional Commissioner Rajiv Ranjan, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Yash Garg, Police Commissioner K.K. Rao and many dignitaries were present.