Municipal corporation plans to sell bio gas

  • 13/01/2010

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

G.V.R. Subba Rao The bio-methanisation plant at Ajit Singhnagar in Vijayawada. VIJAYAWADA: With the bio-methanisation plant in the city failing to generate power from the gas produced by using municipal solid waste, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) is exploring various other possibilities to put the plant into use. One of the ideas the Corporation is seriously pursuing is to sell the gas produced at the plant for cooking purposes as bio-gas. It has called for tenders from the firms that are into this particular business. The firm that bags the contract will have to store the gas in huge containers and sell it to corporate educational institutions that have hostels with a large number of students as well hospitals. Official sources told The Hindu on Tuesday that four companies evinced interest in the project. However, only one firm has