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BMC invites private firms to set up biogas plant in city
If everything goes as planned, a bio-gas plant will come up in the city. The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has floated an expression of interest inviting private parties to set up the plant.
After the private parties discuss with the BMC officials on the modalities and technicalities of bio-gas plant, the BMC will float request for proposal (RFP) and form a tender committee to select one of the parties to take up the work.
BMC sources said it would provide the waste for the plant based on its capacity. “We are yet to know the technical details. Floating expression of interest will help us know how to go about it. The parties, which have been dealing with such works, will help us prepare the RFP too,” said an officer of BMC.
Mostly, the plant would require organic waste. The BMC generates about 600 metric ton of waste a day. “The waste will be segregated so that the organic ones such as vegetable, remnants of food, cow dung and animal waste, can be used in the plant. It will be discussed at the RFP meeting as to how much waste the BMC will supply, in lieu of which the quantity of gas will be supplied by the private party,” the officer added.
The BMC has decided that four acre will be given to the company to set up the plant. The bio-gas will include both CNG and cooking gas. “The BMC will decide whether to go for more production of CNG or cooking gas. The technical committee will take a final call on the matter,” said another officer.
Earlier, the BMC had proposed a waste-to-energy plant at Bhusuni. But it doesn’t seem to be happening anytime soon due to steep opposition from the villagers. The bio-gas plant is likely to be an answer to reducing the heap of garbage collected at the designated site close to Bhuasuni in Daruthenga village.
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