Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
3 rd & 4 th Floor, Chanderlok Building,
36, Janpath, New Delhi- 110001
Subject: Subsidy for waste-to-energy plant at Okhla
Sir,
We the residents of Sukhdev Vihar, bring to your attention the following facts:
1) The
waste-to-energy plant being operated by the Timarpur Okhla Waste
Management Company Limited has been running without a valid license to
operate and authorisation from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee
(DPCC) for the last two years. Further, there is no valid EIA for
the existing process of mass burning, withour segregation, and without
production of RDF, etc. This has been brought to the notice of the National Green Tribunal, where the matter is being heard and is therefore sub-judice.
The NGT case no: 22(thc) /2013. The case no: WP(C) 9901/2009 was transferred from the Delhi Court on 15 January, 2013. Next date of hearing in NGT is 8th October, 2015.
2) There is a Supreme Court ban on the grant of subsidies to waste-to-energy plants, following proven unviability. I.A. NO. 18 in W.P. (C ) No. 888/1996:
“After hearing parties, this Court on 6th
May, 2005, observed that till the position becomes clear as regards the
viability of the projects for generation of energy from municipal waste
(by the bi0-methanation technology), the Government would not sanction
any further subsidies to such projects.”
3) The
plant has been located on a site designated as a green belt in the
Delhi Masterplan. It falls in the H category of industries and is
located within 150 metres of established DDA residences.
4) The
Parliamentary Committee on Urban Development had in its 2014 report
condemned the operation of such a plant in a residential area.
“The
Committee notes that the Municipal Solid Waste is delivered by NDMC and
MCD at the Okhla Power Plant site. Although it is claimed that ‘only
non Hazardous Municipal Solid Waste will be treated at the facility’,
the fact is that Delhi's mixed municipal solid waste has characteristics
of hazardous waste. MCD, Delhi government and Central Government have
shown sheer callousness towards hazardous emissions from municipal
incinerators that cause serious environmental and health problems to the
people living not only near them but thousands of kilometers away from
the source.”
You are requested to look into the above issues. Before granting any subsidy to the company, M/S TOWMCL, Okhla, under Renewable Energy, the violations / the courts out- come should be considered.
With Regards,
For Residents of Sukhdev Vihar
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