IIT Ropar picked to ready DPR for upgrade of Chandigarh’s waste processing plant

Stepping up the process of upgrade of the solid waste processing plant in Sector 25, the general house of Chandigarh municipal corporation on Thursday awarded the work of preparation of a detailed project report and request for proposal to IIT Ropar. MC commissioner KK Yadav said, “The IIT has sought three months for submission of the DPR and request for proposal but we expect it to be submitted in a month and a half.” Earlier, the MC had sought quotations from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, and Thapar Institute of Technology, Patiala. It has been associated with the Punjab government on such issues.” DPR of dry, wet and horticulture waste IIT Ropar, along with its quotation, also submitted that it would formulate a DPR and RFP for conversion of dry waste into energy technology, for wet waste management at the existing composting plant by enhancing its capacity and for the processing of the horticulture waste. After more than a year of debates, presentations and study tours, the MC General House on July 15, in special house meet, finally had decided in favour of “waste to energy” technology for upgrading the solid waste processing plant in Sector 25.