The State Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department on Thursday signed an MoU with the Essel Bhubaneswar MSW ltd for treatment and disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) from the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, which together generate about 550 tonnes of MSW daily.
The Essel Bhubaneswar MSW, a consortium of Essel Infraprojects ltd and Rochem Separation Systems (India) Pvt ltd, would prepare a detailed project report (DPR), obtain approval from all statutory authorities and achieve financial closure within six months. The project would be implemented in the design build, operate & transfer (DBOT) format.
The H&UD Department had proposed to develop a Regional MSW Processing and landfill Facility through the public-private partnership (PPP) mode over an area of approximately 61.485 acres at Bhuasuni for treating and disposing the MSW collected from the two cities.The BMC had invited the bids and the IDCO was the transaction advisor for the project while the company was selected from the bidding process.
Within two years, the company would develop the MSW processing facility of 600-TPD capacity at Bhuasuni and transfer stations at Gadakana and Ghatikia in Bhubaneswar and Satichaura in Cuttack, procure equipments and vehicles for transfer of wastes from transfer stations to Bhuasuni, said a H&UD Department release.
lending facility from OUIDF would also be made available to the concessionaire for this project. An independent engineer would be appointed by the BMC and the CMC for overseeing the project activities throughout the concession period. The BMC and the CMC would be required to supply minimum assured MSW to the cncessionaire at the respective transfer stations and pay requisite tipping fees to the concessionaire.
The company has proposed to adopt innovative and proven waste processing technologies (combination of waste to energy and composting) that are environment-friendly.