Bio-CNG plants approved for Lucknow, Prayagraj and Ghaziabad

Prayagraj, Lucknow and Ghaziabad districts will have bio-solid waste-based bio CNG (compressed natural gas plants), said the U

Prayagraj, Lucknow and Ghaziabad districts will have bio-solid waste-based bio CNG (compressed natural gas plants), said the U.P. government in a press statement after a meeting that chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra held on Thursday.

U.P. chief secretary Durga Shankar Mishra chairing a meeting on Thursday. (Sourced)

The meeting of the “committee of secretaries” was held to discuss the expression of interest (EOI) presented by various municipalities for the establishment of bio-CNG plants in PPP (public-private partnership) mode.

The meeting, after discussions, approved 300 TPD (tonnes per day) plants in Lucknow and Ghaziabad besides a 200 TPD plant in Prayagraj. The press statement said the total capital investment on the projects will be ₹300 crore while it will bring an income of ₹204 lakh per annum to the municipalities as royalties.

The plants will also reduce 2 lakh tonnes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Besides, 27,000 kg of bio-CNG per day that they will generate will be used in industrial, commercial, and vehicular fuel. At the same time, they will produce 160 metric tonnes of biofertilizers per day.