The Karnataka government has given GAIL (a petroleum business company) permission to build a compressed biogas plant outside of Bengaluru on BBMP land.
Story so far: This decision has been made to increase the percentage of the 4,500 tonnes of waste the municipal body generates on a daily basis.
- The project mainly aims to fulfil the need to increase the percentage of scientifically processed waste instead of filling it up in landfills. The plant also aims to dispose of wet waste in a sustainable manner that can produce benefits.
- The production of biogas is also another key objective of this project, and to utilise the biogas in more productive ways.
Conditions: The BBMP has set the condition that GAIL will be responsible for obtaining any and all environmental clearances for the plant, and the leased BBMP land must be returned in 25 years. And in exchange for the biogas plant, BBMP is willing to forgo the tipping and processing fee.