PM Modi to virtually inaugurate Asia’s biggest Bio-CNG plant in Indore today
According to PMO, PM Modi recently launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, with the overall vision of creating "Garbage Free Cities".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the “Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant” in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Saturday at around 1:00 pm through video conferencing, an official said.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), PM Modi recently launched the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, with the overall vision of creating “Garbage Free Cities”.
The Bio-CNG plant has been set up based on the concept of waste-to-wealth innovation in India’s cleanest city, the official said.
The mission is being implemented under the overarching principles of “waste to wealth” and “circular economy” for maximizing resource recovery- both of which are exemplified in the Indore Bio-CNG plant.
Situated on the Devguradia trenching ground, the plant has the capacity to treat 550 tonnes per day of segregated wet organic waste. It is expected to produce around 17,000 kg per day of CNG and 100 tonnes per day of organic compost, the PMO informed.
माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी द्वारा 19 फरवरी को लोकार्पित होने वाला सीएनजी प्लांट पर्यावरण के साथ ही आर्थिक रूप से भी बेहतरीन है। इससे प्रतिदिन लगभग 17,500 केजी बायो सीएनजी का उत्पादन होगा। प्लांट से 400 सिटी बसों एवं 1500 छोटे वाहनों में बायो ईंधन की पूर्ति की होगी।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) February 17, 2022
The plant is based on zero-landfill models, whereby no rejects would be generated. Additionally, the project is expected to yield multiple environmental benefits- reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, providing green energy along with organic compost as fertilizer.Indore Clean Energy Pvt Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle created to implement the project, was set up by Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) and Indo Enviro Integrated Solutions Ltd. (IEISL) under a Public-Private Partnership model, with a 100 per cent capital investment of Rs 150 crores by IEISL, stated an official release.
Indore Municipal Corporation will purchase a minimum of 50 per cent of CNG produced by the plant and in a first-of-its-kind initiative, run 400 city buses on the CNG. The balance quantity of CNG will be sold in the open market. The organic compost will help replace chemical fertilizers for agricultural and horticultural purposes.
PM shri @narendramodi to inaugurate municipal solid waste based Gobar-Dhan plant in Indore on 19th February
The principles of “waste to wealth” and “circular economy” has been exemplified in the Bio-CNG plant#GobarDhanInMP https://t.co/4vhRU5td9T
— Collector Indore (@IndoreCollector) February 18, 2022
Madhya Pradesh governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister for housing, petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra and Water Resources Minister Tulsiram Silawat among others will be present on the occasion.
News Credit: India TV News
