Delhi Metro: India’s first metro to Receive Power from Waste-to-Energy

  • Moving a step closer towards becoming an environmentally friendly network and to contribute towards ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’, the Delhi Metro has now become the first ever Metro project in the country to receive power generated from a 12 MW waste-to-energy (WTE) plant in Ghazipur, Delhi.
  • The plant can process over 1,500 tonnes per day (TPD) of waste.
  • It is India’s first Euro norms compliant waste-to-energy plant.

Benefits

  • Will mitigate over 8 million tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) over the life of the project, thus combating global warming
  • Will help in creating awareness about the importance of solid waste management among the people
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