Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has issued a show cause notice to Netherlands-based Sustainable Business Development (SusBDe) for failing to meet its solid waste processing targets. Municipal Commissioner and Administrator Abhijeet Chaudhari stated that the company was expected to begin treating the city’s solid waste within six months of signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
However, the company is currently processing only 200 metric tonnes (MT) of waste daily, despite the city generating around 1,200 MT garbage, he said. “The plant was scheduled to be fully operational by March 2025, but at current pace, it seems unlikely to meet this deadline,” Chaudhari said. The NMC partnered with SusBDe to produce 27 million cubic metres of compound biogas annually from both legacy and daily waste. However, progress at the site indicates the project may not be on track.
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Currently, SusBDe has set up a temporary plant on a nine-acre plot where it is producing compost from 200 MT of waste per day.
NMC has also issued a show cause notice to a Hyderabad-based firm responsible for processing construction and demolition (C&D) waste. “The company has failed to improve its collection system, prompting us to take action,” Chaudhari said. As per NMC, the firm was instructed to increase the number of vehicles used to transport C&D waste to its plant at the Bhandewadi dumping yard but has not complied with the directive.
“Both the projects lack special project management consultants. So now, the civic body is creating a special project management unit with sound technical advisors,” Chaudhari said.
