Amid protests, stone laid for waste-to-energy plant

Gurugram, December 10

High drama prevailed as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today laid foundation stone of the Ecogreen Waste to Energy plant amidst protests from enviornmentalists and AAP workers.

The police went on to detain them as the CM announced that the government had started work on the process of making “Kachre se Kanchan”. “The construction work of this waste to energy plant, to be set up by Eco Green, is planned to be completed in two years. This 15 mw capacity plant will generate 6 lakh units of electricity per day. In Sonepat, electricity is being generated from waste with a capacity of 10 mw. With the establishment of this plant, Gurugram district has moved towards joining the category of beautiful cities of the world,” said Khattar.

“They have already turned Bandhwari into a suicidal village with highly toxic land, water and air and now this plant will kill the entire ecosystem and we residents will suffer. We have been talking about its harmful effects ever since the day it was announced three years ago, but they never listened and when we came for silent protest today, we were illegally detained,” said a volunteer of the Aravali Bacho.

AAP district chief and senior women leaders, too, were allegedly detained for over four hours as they were expected to join residents in protest.

Addressing the ninth meeting of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, Khattar announced providing 24-hour clean drinking water in Gurugram. In the first phase of the clean drinking water project, the facility will be started in seven residential areas, including Basai village. Approval was also given in the meeting for the upgradation work of Southern Peripheral Road from Faridabad Road to Vatika Chowk, on which an amount of about Rs 540 crore would be spent.

Approval was also given to the proposal to build a new sports stadium in Farukhnagar on 12 acres.