Greater Noida gets first remediation plant to process 3 lakh tonnes of waste

Noida | Tuesday | 21st September, 2021

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Noida, Sep 21 (PTI) Greater Noida, which generates around 250 tonnes of garbage daily, on Tuesday got its first remediation plant which has been set up with an objective to process around three lakh tonnes of waste dumped in the city, officials said.

The remediation plant has been set up by Brazilian company Lara, which was selected through a tender, in the Lakhnawali area and was inaugurated by Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) Additional CEO Deep Chandra.

"About 250 tonnes of garbage is generated every day in Greater Noida and dumped in Lakhnawali.

More than three lakh tonnes of garbage has been dumped in Lakhnawali so far.

On instructions of GNIDA CEO Narendra Bhooshan, it was decided to set up a remediation plant to dispose of this waste," GNIDA said in a statement.

"Brazilian company Lara was selected through tender to set up the remediation plant.