{
  "id": 2166718,
  "title": "Mumbai: BMC Seeks Private Partners To Add 2,000 TPD C&D Waste Processing Capacity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/mumbai-bmc-seeks-private-partners-to-add-2-000-tpd-c-d-waste",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T15:12:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-bmc-seeks-private-partners-to-add-2000-tpd-cd-waste-processing-capacity"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai, August 20, 2026: Mumbai generates nearly 8,000 tonnes per day (TPD) of construction and demolition (C&D) waste every day, but its existing plants at Dahisar and Diaghar can process only 1,200 TPD, leaving nearly 85 per cent of the debris unprocessed and raising concerns over illegal dumping, dust pollution and landfill pressure. To address the growing problem, the BMC has invited an…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}