14 May,2025 10:18 PM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
The Deonar dumping ground is the oldest landfill site in the country. Representational Pic/File
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has invited a Rs 2,368-crore tender to clear 185 lakh tonnes of legacy waste from the Mumbai's Deonar landfill using biomining, officials said on Wednesday.
The Maharashtra government has also decided to rehabilitate residents of Dharavi on the dumping ground land who are not eligible to receive homes under the Dharavi project.
In 2024, the state government allocated a portion of the 311-acre Deonar landfill for housing tenements under the Dharavi Rehabilitation Project. Meanwhile, the BMC has set up a Waste-to-Energy plant with a capacity of 600 metric tonnes per day at the Deonar dumping ground. The project includes a 40-month design and build phase, and 15 years of operation and maintenance, and is expected to be operational by October 2025. The BMC has now invited a tender to clear the land, with the estimated cost of the project at Rs 2,368 crore.
Civic activist Godfrey Pimenta has raised objections to the project.
ALSO READ
Legal notice served to state govt, civic chief over PAP rehabilitation plans
Mumbai: TISS students slam scrapping of interviews, fee hike in PG admissions
Mid-Day Top News: We are not kachra, say Deonar-Govandi residents and more
Mumbai: We are not kachra, say Deonar-Govandi residents
'Mesh barriers to be installed along drains near residential areas'
He said, "This is a waste of public money. The BMC should immediately stop this project as they are using taxpayers' funds."
The Deonar dumping ground is the oldest landfill site in the country, established in 1920. Its capacity was exceeded several years ago.
