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PM Narendra Modi To Virtually Inaugurate most awaited Gobar-Dhan(Bio-CNG) Plant Today in 2022

PM Narendra Modi To Virtually Inaugurate Gobar-Dhan(Bio-CNG) Plant Today

According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the creation of the plant will contribute to PM Modi’s vision to create “garbage-free cities” under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate the “Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant” in Indore by video conference at 1 pm. Bio-CNG plant in Indore was constructed following the overarching principles of “waste to wealth” and “circular economy” as a means of maximizing resource recovery. Following the Prime Minister’s Office, the plant is part of PM Modi’s vision of creating “garbage-free cities” in the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0.

Here’s what you need to know about the Gobar-Dhan plant in Indore:

The Gobar-Dhan wastewater treatment plant can process 550 tonnes of segregated wet organic waste per day, resulting in approximately 17,000 kg of CNG and 100 tonnes of organic compost per day.

According to zero-landfill models, the plant will generate no rejects because it will maximize the recovery of resources. 

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According to the PMO, multiple environmental benefits will also be derived from it, including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, green energy, as well as organic compost used as fertiliser.

To implement the project, Indore Clean Energy Pvt Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle established by Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) and Indo Enviro Integrated Solutions Ltd. (IEISL) was engaged. 

The company will purchase a maximum of 50% of the CNG produced by the Gobar-Dhan plant. As a first-of-its-kind initiative, the municipal corporation is running 400 city buses on compressed natural gas. 

 The remaining quantity of CNG will be sold on the open market. Compost made from organic materials can be used to replace chemical fertilisers in agriculture and horticulture,” according to an official release.

Madhya Pradesh’s Indore will tomorrow become home to Asia’s largest Bio-CNG plant, inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This plant, located in the village of Devguradia, eight kilometres from Indore, will shortly produce bio-CNG from waste. Nearly 400 buses in the city will use this fuel. The Chief Minister of India, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will also be present at the event, which has been dubbed a “waste-to-wealth” model. 

Devguradia’s trenching ground, which had once been known for mountains of garbage, has been transformed into a ‘city forest’ and has become synonymous with cleanliness. It is spread over a 15-acre trenching ground, where an investment of 150 crores rupees has been made in the Bio-CNG plant. According to Indore Municipal Corporation, this initiative required no funds from the local government, but it will earn the municipality 2.5 crores rupees per year as a result of sending waste to the plant.

Approximately 700 tonnes of liquid waste and 400 tonnes of dry waste each day can be safely disposed of in the city, which has a population of 35 lakh people. During the Center’s Swachh Survekshan, the city of Indore, which has been ranked India’s cleanest, adopts the three-R principle of reduce-reuse-recycle.

Municipalities are responsible for collecting segregated garbage and bringing the organic waste to a trenching ground where it is stored in a bunker, according to Nitesh Tripathi, the project leader of the Indore Bio-CNG plant. A grab crane is used to lift the waste from the location to the pre-treatment area where it is transformed into a slurry using the milling technique.

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Danish technology was imported for use in this project. The slurry is then stored inside digesters where it is converted into biogas. Approximately twenty to twenty-five days are required for the process. Approximately 55-60% of the methane in the biogas is methane. A majority of methane must be present in the biogas before it can be converted into CNG. As a result, after cleaning and upgrading, the biogas is converted to Bio-CNG. In addition, filling stations have been constructed for ready CNG for the city buses of the municipal corporation.

In announcing that this is the largest such plant in Asia, local civic officials noted that the plant will produce 18,000 kilograms of Bio-CNG per day that will be used to power IMC’s buses. In addition, it will produce substantial quantities of compost.

“All of Indore’s buses will run on CNG; this will also help reduce air pollution,” Manish Singh, Indore Collector, told the media. With a total capacity of 550 metric tons, the plant produces CNG with 96 per cent pure methane. The plant has been set up on the waste-to-wealth concept under which biogas will be generated from wet waste. 

Approximately 18,000 kilograms of bio-gas and 100 tonnes of high-quality compost will be produced every day by the plant. Approximately half of the fuel produced at the plant will be used to fuel public transit vehicles at a rate of *5/Kg higher than the market rate, while the remainder will be sold in the open market.

Despite the challenges of Covid-19, the plant was completed in 15 months instead of the originally estimated 18 months. According to Pratibha Pal of Indore Municipality, “The points for waste processing are very high in this year’s Swachh Survekshan (cleanliness survey). So, it will be a great step for us to convert our garbage not only into compost but also into Bio-CNG. Our claim about being the cleanest city in India is very compelling”.

Approximately 1,100 tonnes of garbage is generated every day, of which about 600 tonnes is household wet waste. In a Public-Private Partnership model, a Bio-CNG plant based on this wet waste has been constructed with a capacity of 550 MT. We will receive 2.5 Crore as a premium for taking the garbage to produce hydrogen for 20 years.

 

The plant is designed to generate no rejects, thereby eliminating the need for disposal. 

    

 During a video conferencing ceremony, Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the “Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant” in Indore on Saturday at 1 pm.

In a recent announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Modi announced the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, which aims to create garbage-free cities. As part of the Mission, a system of maximizing resource recovery is being implemented under the principles of transforming waste to wealth and using circular economies – both of which are demonstrated by the Indore Bio-CNG plant.

The plant is capable of treating 550 tonnes of segregated wet organic waste each day. The PMO informs us that it is expected to produce approximately 17,000 kg of CNG per day and 100 tonnes of organic compost per day.

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The plant is based on a zero-landfill model, which means that rejects will not be generated. Furthermore, the project is expected to provide multiple environmental benefits, including reduced greenhouse gas emissions, organic compost as fertilizer, and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.

In a joint release, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) and Indo Enviro Integrated Solutions Ltd. (IEISL) announced that they had set up Indore Clean Energy Pvt Ltd to implement the project, formed under a Public-Private Partnership model and with IEISL investing 150 crores rupees as a 100 per cent shareholder.

A first-of-its-kind initiative, the city will run 400 city buses on compressed natural gas (CNG) produced by the Indianapolis Municipal Corporation. IMPD will purchase at least 50 per cent of the CNG produced by the plant. All CNG remaining in the plant will be sold on the open market. A portion of the organic compost will be used as a substitute for chemical fertilizers in agriculture and horticulture.

edited and proofread by nikita sharma 

 

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