The State Government has included all the 168 Urban local Bodies (UlBs)
of Chhattisgarh under “Cleanliness Survey-2018” as per the directives of Union Urban Development Ministry, officials informed.
Notably, the Ministry will provide a ‘Cleanliness Ranking’ to the UlBs across the country.
Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh was ranked 12th in the country with a score of 87.4 out of 100 in Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation’s ‘Swachch Survekshan 2016-Gramin” (Cleanliness Survey 2016-Rural). On the other hand, the Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) will be taking up an ‘Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project’ through Public Private Partnership (PPP) model soon.
The PPP model would be based on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis, officials informed. Notably, Chhattisgarh has two ‘waste-to-energy’ power plants proposed with a total installed capacity of 10 MW.
Notably, five Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) to energy plants with a cumulative installed capacity of 66.5 MW are currently operational/under trial run in the country.
The Chhattisgarh Government has decided to set up a ‘Waste to Energy’ power generation plant in Durg district. The Government intends to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) administration for jointly taking up the project, officials informed.
The project is proposed to be undertaken under ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’ under the Government’s solid waste management project.
The proposed ‘Waste to Energy’ plant would utilise waste generated from municipal corporations of Bhilai, Durg, Bhilai-Charoda, two municipal councils mainly Jamul and Kumhari and three Nagar Panchayats mainly Utai, Patan and Gunderdehi.