Haryana has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up an Integrated waste-to-energy Plant in Gurugram that will process 2,000 tonnes of waste every day and generate a minimum of 20 megawatts (MW) of energy, chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Saturday.
Wet waste is proposed to be used in Compressed Biogas plants, while dry waste that cannot be reused or recycled will be processed in the Waste-to-Energy plants. The projects will receive assistance under the Centre’s Urban Challenge Fund. The Centre will bear 25% of the capital cost, another 25% will be shared by the state government and urban local bodies, while Oil Green Energy Limited will invest the remaining 50%. Saini said the facilities would be established in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, and stressed the need for waste segregation at source.
“The objective is to transform waste from a problem into a solution and from a burden into a resource,” the chief minister said, emphasising the government’s ‘Waste to Wealth’ vision. Saini said the facilities would follow an integrated waste-processing approach. He said environmental safeguards and pollution-control standards would remain a priority.
Together, the facilities will process 5,000 tonnes of waste daily and generate 50 MW of energy, with all four expected to become operational by October 2028, Saini said. The MoUs were signed in Nuh in the presence of Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Rao Inderjit Singh, Development and Panchayat Minister Krishan Lal Panwar, Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda, Urban Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shyam Singh Rana and Oil Green Energy Limited CMD Ranjit Rath, among others. The proposed Gurugram facility will be the largest among four plants planned for the Gurugram, Faridabad, Hisar and Ambala clusters. The plants will be established by Oil Green Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oil India Limited.
