MCC issues LoI to firm for legacy waste bio mining at Dadumajra landfill site
Operations will start in the 1st week of September
Chandigarh, August 18:- Moving towards giving a big relief to the residents of Daddumajra and the entire city , the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has issued the Letter of Intent today to the agency, for bio mining of legacy waste dump at the landfill site.
While sharing this information, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh said that the LoI has been issued to the agency for submission the Performance Bank Guarantee within this week and the work of bio mining will be started by first week of September, 2022.
She said that the agency has given assurance that they will process the waste within 1-11/2 years. This will not only solve the problem of foul smell, but incidents of fire shall also stop with the completion this project. This will definitely come as a big relief to the local residents as their demand will be fulfilled with in next 1.5 Years she added.
She further said there is one dumping site in Daddumajra Colony, spread over 45 Acre of Land having two dumps of waste of 5Lakh Metric ton and 8Lakh Metric ton covering the area of 16 Acre and 8 Acre Land respectively. These dumps of Garbage have caused huge inconvenience to the nearby residents i.e. of Daddumajra Colony. A foul smell from dump had worsen the life of residents.
She said there were number of incident of fire noticed due to emanating of methane gas from the dumping ground affecting the life of residents. The Area Councillor as well as residents have always raised a demand for early resolution to the removal of the mountain of waste as it is a major health hazard for them. The Chandigarh Smart City Limited has almost completed the work of bio mining of 5 Lakh Metric Ton legacy waste and work shall be completed by 31 December, 2022. With this, nearly 16 Acres of land will be reclaimed , said the Commissioner.
She further briefed that the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh had also called the tenders for Bio Mining of 8 Lakh Metric ton waste lying on 8 Acre. The NGT & CPCC had already directed for early bio-mining of the waste to overcome these problems. A DPR amounting to Rs.72.50 Crore was therefore prepared and got approved under SBM 2.0 in March, 2022 and Tender was floated in June, 2022.
The Commissioner said the tender was successful and the agency was awarded at 67.95 Crore.
