Amid the outrage over the unwholesome ambiance of the roads, streets and corners in several colonies in the City due to heaps of garbage, the reports are doing rounds that the Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MOUD) is putting more efforts in generating energy out of waste that may help the government address the growing garbage issue especially in Hyderabad, the cosmopolitan capital of Telangana state.
As part of its ambitious “Waste to Energy ” concept, it is said that the Telangana government has so far succeeded in generating 48 megawatt energy at a WTE plant at Jawaharnagar dumping yard.
From a mere 19.8 MW power generation in August 2021 at Jawaharnagar, the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MOUD) has augmented the capacity to 48 MG last year and has reached to 225 MW by the end of January this year using 6.35 lakh ton of garbage.
Spurred over the success at Jawaharnagar dumping yard, the government has now decided to set up a 14.5 MW capacity plant at Dundigal next year where 1200 ton of garbage will be used to generate energy.
Apart from this, measures are on foot to set up a 15 MW plant over a sprawling area of 150 acres at Piyara Nagar in Sangareddy. Similarly, an 11 MW plant at BB Nagar in Yadadri and 14 MW plant in Yacharam village in Rangareddy district is being established. Besides, 10 MW energy will be made through the Bio Mining process. Garbage from Karimnagar and Warangal will be shifted to these facilities for treatment and processing.
According to officials, there is a plan to generate 100 MW energy using garbage being collected from different areas in the city. This may help the government to kill two birds with a single shot; one by overcoming surplus power consumption in various government offices and the other will address the outrageous garbage issue in the city.
However, the question remained unanswered how will the government shape its dream of converting waste into energy without a proper fleet of vehicles to cart away the trash from colonies to dumping yards set up in far flung areas. Apart from this, GHMC is facing acute shortage of sanitary staff to address regular removal of garbage from different areas across the City.
