Infra firm a2z Infrastructure will set up India’s first integrated municipal solid waste management plant in Kanpur.
The project touted to be Asia’s largest would comprise management of the city’s solid waste in an environment friendly manner and subsequent power generation for captive and merchant use.
Majority of the fuel used in the plant will be RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) derived from solid waste, which is considered a better replacement for coal with lesser emissions.
The power plant is scheduled to be operational by March 2011 and will have the capacity to produce 15 Mw power.
a2z Infrastructure, a subsidiary of A2Z Maintenance and Engineering Services Limited, has been awarded the project by Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC).
“India produces 1,42,000 tonnes/day of municipal solid waste, which is growing by 5 per cent per annum,” a2z Infrastructure CEO Rajneesh Mehra told newspersons today.
KMC had awarded a2z Infrastructure the mandate for processing and disposal of solid waste in 2008. This mandate has now been extended to cover collection and transportation.
In October 2009, a2z Infrastructure had commenced processing/disposal of waste. Currently, it processes 1,500 tonnes/day of municipal solid waste in Kapur, which has a population of over 3 million.
Kanpur had stood 10 th among India’s 423 cities in a report of union ministry of urban development for 2009-10 for sanitation.
“We believe that next year Kanpur would rank top in cleanliness too,” Kanpur Municipal Commissioner R Vikram Singh said.
a2z Infrastructure currently has a portfolio of approximately 6,000 tonnes/day of solid waste across cities such as Kanpur, Indore, Patna, Varanasi, Meerut etc.
The company produces 150 tonnes/day of compost from municipal solid waste under brand name of Vasundhara. The company plans to scale compost production to 300 tonnes/ day by August 2010.
