GAIL Plans New Waste-to-Energy Plant in Bengaluru

State-owned Gas Authority of India Limited has put forward a plan to build a major organic waste processing plant in Bengaluru. The proposed facility carries an estimated price tag of ₹123.42 crore and will be located on the grounds of the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation.

Plant Operations

The planned facility will sit on roughly 18 acres of land and is designed to handle 300 tonnes of separated organic city waste every single day. Daily operations will yield 12.6 tonnes of compressed biogas alongside 21.6 tonnes of fermented organic manure. Officials held an awareness meeting about the project on Wednesday to discuss details with the public. GAIL Gas, which is a fully owned branch of the main company, will take the produced biogas and distribute it as a clean fuel option.

Environmental Goals

Company representatives state that the new plant will lower the city's reliance on dumping waste in landfills while fixing organic waste problems in a sustainable way. The facility design includes special systems to control smells and treat wastewater so that local environmental effects stay as low as possible.

Context

Turning city garbage into usable fuel and fertilizer helps local bodies handle large volumes of daily waste without adding to overflowing dumping yards. Major cities across India often look to compressed biogas projects as a way to produce local energy while solving major sanitation and garbage management challenges.