PMRDA plans garbage processing plants at Hinjewadi, other areas

According to Gitte, the proposed garbage processing plants will treat up to 50 tonnes of garbage. PMRDA has initiated talks with the state government and the MIDC for the land and have identified a plot under MIDC in Hinjewadi Phase III, near Megapolis Township.

Pune metropolitan region development authority (PMRDA) is in talks with the Maharashtra industrial development corporation (MIDC) to establish four garbage processing plants in different areas under the PMRDA, including one at Hinjewadi, said Kiran Gitte, CEO, PMRDA.

Rohit Halbe, a resident of Hinjewadi, welcoming the decision, said, “A garbage processing plant is indeed the need of the hour and with the residential complexes coming up in the future, we will need more such processing plants.” (HT FILE PHOTO)

According to Gitte, the proposed garbage processing plants will treat up to 50 tonnes of garbage. PMRDA has initiated talks with the state government and the MIDC for the land and have identified a plot under MIDC in Hinjewadi Phase III, near Megapolis Township.

Rohit Halbe, a resident of Hinjewadi, welcoming the decision, said, “A garbage processing plant is indeed the need of the hour and with the residential complexes coming up in the future, we will need more such processing plants.”

Nilesh Modhave of MIDC, head of engineering, “We had site visits with the chief engineer from PMRDA, but we have no official correspondence as such from the PMRDA. MIDC is planning a garbage disposal plant in phase III, but this will be for the industrial area and will cater up to 40 tonnes.”