GCC moves ahead with Keerapakkam WtE, Perungudi projects
While the Keerapakkam facility was planned as a large-scale WtE project for the Chennai-Tambaram-Avadi cluster, the Perungudi facility was intended to increase the waste-processing capacity at the existing dumpsite
The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is preparing to award bids for two significant waste-management projects - a 2,400-tonne-per-day Waste-to-Energy facility in Keerapakkam and a 1,000-tonne-per-day waste-handling facility in Perungudi - by the end of the month. The tenders were announced on March 6, offering bidders a seven-month window to prepare their proposals.
The deadline for submitting bids is September 30 at 3 p.m., with the opening of bids scheduled for October 1 at 4 p.m., leaving a mere 25-hour gap between the two events. Both projects were proposed under the Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) model through a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement. The Keerapakkam facility, a 2,400 TPD municipal WtE plant including a scientific landfill, aims to cater to the waste-management needs of the Chennai-Tambaram-Avadi cluster.
The Perungudi project involves constructing a 1,000 TPD waste-handling facility, incorporating a 700 TPD compost-processing unit, also under the DBFOT model. These projects align with GCC's objectives to enhance scientific processing of municipal solid waste and decrease reliance on dumpsites.
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