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Time of India
17-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Panaji cleanest among small cities in country
Panaji: President Droupadi Murmu presented the 'Swachh Sheher' award to Panaji at a function organised by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs in New Delhi on Thursday. Panaji stood first among small cities in the country with a population of 20,000 to 50,000. Sanquelim featured in the list of small towns that show promise in being clean, bagging the ninth position at the all-India level and second among all municipalities in Goa. Both the awards were received by urban development minister Vishwajit Rane. Speaking at the urban development ministers' meet on the sidelines of the award function, Rane shared Goa's hybrid approach to waste management through Goa Waste Management Corporation and public-private participation. 'With digital innovation, decentralised systems, and energy-efficient waste processing, we aim to make Goa a model state for responsible and futuristic urban development,' said Rane 'With a strong institutional framework led by GWMC and continuous support from state govt, Goa is steadily progressing toward zero-waste cities by 2027.' In comparison to Panaji and Sanquelim, Mormugao stood third among all the towns in Goa, followed by Ponda and Margao in the fifth position. Sanguem fared poorly among Goan towns, scoring zero for waste processing, remediation of dump sites, cleanliness of water bodies, and public toilets. 'Goa is redefining urban sanitation through technology-driven governance and citizen-centric policies — from QR-coded waste tracking in Panaji and Bicholim to 100% door-to-door waste collection across all urban local bodies,' said Rane. Speaking at the award ceremony, Murmu said that Swachh Survekshan has proven to be a successful experiment in assessing and encouraging the efforts made by cities towards cleanliness. The cleanliness survey was conducted by the ministry of housing and urban affairs for the year 2024, with participation from various stakeholders, state govts, urban bodies, and approximately 14 crore citizens. Nationally, Indore, Surat, and Navi Mumbai entered the premier Super Swachh League, with Indore continuing its reign as the cleanest city in the country. The new generation of clean cities were Ahmedabad, Bhopal, and Lucknow, which emerged as the top 'Swachh Shehar' or clean cities. Following the 'One City, One Award' principle, the ministry of housing and urban affairs recognised the top-performing cities from each state as Promising Swachh Shehars.
Time of India
28-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Waste corp seeks new green nod for Verna plant
Panaji: After failing to get an environmental clearance (EC) to set up an integrated solid waste management and waste-to-energy plant at Verna for two years, the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) decided to speed up the process and file a fresh application before the state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA). This plant would be the fourth plant in the state. There were some technical issues which led to the delay in the EC, but it has now been decided to clear all the queries and approach the authority for a fresh EC, a senior official said. The GWMC said that a waste-to-energy plant will be set up at Verna at an estimated cost of Rs 500 crore and will generate 16MW electricity and 38MW heat while processing 250 tonnes of waste per day (TPD). The project is the first of its kind in Goa, and since the non-biodegradable waste is continuously generated, the project will sustain itself, a senior govt official said. The electricity department will procure the power, and the steam generated at the plant will be supplied to industries to be utilised in manufacturing processes, the officer said. 'The objective of the plant is to generate electricity and steam from the non-biodegradable waste by adopting environment-friendly processes, and the outcome of the project includes long-term management of non-biodegradable waste without harming the environment,' the officer said. The non-biodegradable waste is stored in sheds in the panchayat jurisdiction, where the recyclable fraction of non-biodegradable waste is recovered and sent for recycling. The non-recyclable waste is stored in the shed and is collected by the GWMC. The corporation then bales this non-recyclable waste and sends it to various cement plants in Karnataka to be used as a fuel alternative in kilns, thus making it refuse derived fuels (RDF). 'The cost of transportation of such RDF is almost Rs 1,000 per tonne. The state is fully dependent on the Karnataka-based cement plants for the disposal of RDF,' the senior official said. He said that if there is a direction in the near future by the Karnataka state pollution control board for the stoppage of transportation of interstate waste, it will lead to the accumulation of RDF in water bodies and thereby affect aquatic life and also the flora and fauna. 'So, in order to have our own facility in Goa, it is proposed to establish a 250 TPD waste-to-energy plant,' he said. The plant at Verna will cater to the waste generated in Mormugao taluka and some parts of Salcete taluka. The plant will be set up on an area of 1 lakh sqm, and the environment impact study for the plant has already been done.
Time of India
23-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Cacora waste plant soon to be fully operational
Panaji: Goa Waste Management Corporation cleared the hurdles to enable the full-capacity operation of the solid waste management plant at Cacora to reduce the burden on the garbage treatment plant at Saligao. A senior officer said that at present, the plant is operating at 70% capacity, and it will soon reach its 100% capacity. For that, all the waste generated in and around the plant will be shifted to the plant. Waste from four talukas — Quepem, Curchorem, Canacona, and Dharbandara — will be treated at the plant by procuring additional vehicles. A senior officer said that govt promised to use specialised vehicles to transport the waste to the plant to avoid slippage of leachate on the road while transporting the waste. 'We decided to add additional vehicles so that the waste generated in South Goa is shifted to the Cacora plant to meet its full capacity,' a senior officer said. The 100 TPD (tonne per day) solid waste treatment plant at Cacora started functioning but never reached its full operational capacity. The solid waste management facility was set up under the aegis of the department of science, technology and waste management and the GWMC. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Mendaftar Undo It was set up on the site of an erstwhile waste dump and covers an area of approximately 81,000sqm. The legacy waste dump was removed using bioremediation to make way for the construction of the Rs 173 crore plant. The plant was constructed along the lines of the Saligao plant, and the design was upgraded to take into account the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, and learnings from the shortcomings of the Saligao plant. The plant will have separate lines for wet and dry waste, with the organic extruder being the heart of the system. The design and technical parameters of the plant were vetted by an expert committee. New special vehicles will be procured to transport the waste to the plant without any leachate dripping on the road, which was the main reason for the plant not operating at full capacity.
Time of India
26-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Bainguinim waste plant seeks govt nod to float 4th tender
Panaji: While politicians locked horns over a new solid waste management plant at Bainguinim, the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC) has approached govt for approval to float a new tender for setting up the plant. Once govt approves the proposal, a request for qualification (RFQ) will be floated for the fourth time. A fresh tender would be floated for a 250 TPD (tonne per day) the waste management plant at Bainguinim. 'Once approved by govt a fresh tender would be floated,' a senior officer said. The Rs 200 crore public-private partnership (PPP) project will be built on a design-build-finance-operate-transfer (DBFOT) basis, wherein the plant infrastructure will be erected by the concessionaire along with operations and maintenance for a period of 10 years. The facility will be based on recycling and sorting lines, segregation, bio-methanation, and composting systems. The bidding process for the PPP project will be divided into two stages. In the first stage, the RFQ stage prospective bidders will be shortlisted. In the second and final stage or the request for proposal (RFP) or invitation of financial bids, the shortlisted bidder will be given the RFP. In 2008, the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) acquired land at Bainguinim to set up the waste management plant, and in 2017, the land was handed over to the GWMC. The GWMC held a public hearing, and the environmental clearance was also obtained. At the time, the corporation also invited RFQs for the proposed plant. In Aug 2021, all three bidders in the first tender were disqualified, as none were found eligible. Recently, Union minister for state and North Goa MP Shripad Naik urged govt to shift the plant from Bainguinim, considering the sentiment of the people. Waste management minister Atanasio 'Babush' Monserrate and Cumbharjua MLA Rajesh Faldesai were disputing over the setting up of the waste management plant at Bainguinim. Making it clear that the location of the project will not be changed, the Panaji MLA said that he was not sure if Faldesai would be there as an MLA when the project was inaugurated. 'He (Faldesai) will be there to lay the foundation stone (for the plant), but I am not very sure if he will be there to inaugurate it,' Monserrate said. 'We are firm that the plant will come. He was asking me for the last two and a half years, and I was telling him that the plant will come. He was ensuring that the plant did not come. He is trying to protect his people, and I don't want to comment on that. The plant will come up at Bainguinim,' Monserrate said. After Monserrate predicted the political future of Faldesai, the Cumbharjua MLA said that Monserrate will not get re-elected in the next assembly election.
