Plant Area residents and public representatives opposed the plant, Govandi New Sangam Welfare Society has announced a legal battle.
Govandi Approval has been given to start a waste-to-emitter plant at the Govindi dumping ground here to also generate garbage. Therefore, the installation work of the plant has also started. However, people living in Govandi and Pakhurd and public representatives are opposing the plant. They claim that this plant is also likely to spread several diseases like a bio-waste plant.
It should be noted that the clean and public representatives of Malate are demanding the transfer of the waste plant from the Gondi dumping ground to another area. But now a waste-to-meter plant has been approved to generate electricity from the whole soil-seeded garbage in the dumping ground in this area.
The life expectancy of the area is being toyed with by the company. They allege that the government and the municipal corporation are abusing the people of Govandi. Before this, this plant has been installed in 14 cities of the country, but 50% of these plants have been shut down and have become obsolete.
Abu Asim Azmi In this regard, local member of assembly Abu Asim Azmi said that our protest is going on to stop the waste to energy company in the Govindi dumping ground and this is the reason for setting up the plant. The joints etc. were dug, it has been stopped. However, the BMC claims that it will not harm anyone. A similar plant has been set up in Hyderabad and we are going to visit this plant as well until we people understand about it.
Govandi Dumping Ground where a waste to power plant has been announced and the proposal for this plant was presented by Chief Engineer SWM Chief Engineer Shriti Anjali Shirke. It will not be dense. It was approved on June 29, 2020, and the plant went online on April 27, 2021. Rafiq Shaikh, who is in charge of Govandi New Sangam Welfare Society, said that Kondi has a population of 13 and a half owners.
Out of them, only 24 people were included in the pluck bearings for planting the plant. Only one of them has protested and there are plans to protest. belonged to Gondi and all were outsiders of Gondi. Among them, only 4 people were in favor of the plant and the rest were against it. Rafiq Sheikh said that lakhs of people of Gondi are already suffering from the air pollution of SMS Envoclean Pvt Ltd and now another one.
Before the declaration of fighting a legal battle against the plant collected by the municipal corporation, not only the proposal to install a nuclear plant in the waste to generate electricity from waste was approved, but work has also started in the dumping ground for the plant. This plant will consist of 13 hectares area of dumping ground.
There is a fear of causing fatal diseases like the bio-vet plant through the plant. It will cost about 50 crore rupees to set up this plant. According to the sources, the plant will produce 4 MW area per day while the city needs 13,500 MW per day. Also, whatever will be produced by the said plant, it will also cost more than all the manufacturing companies. In response to a question, he said that the amount of garbage to be burned daily in this plant will be 600 metric tons. The proposal for this plant was presented in June 2018.
In this regard, the local organization Govandi New Sangam Welfare Society has decided to fight a legal battle against this plant. Faiyaz Alam Shaikh, president of Govandi New Sangam Welfare Society, who lives near the dumping ground, said that the Govandi dumping ground covers 120 hectare of land which was started in 1947 and recently Mumbai Climate Action has guided to close it by 2025. The line has been released. Its alternative is planned to be constructed in kanjur Marg area of MIT.
At present, there are about 2 million tons of waste in this dumping ground and every day Animiti discharges 1000 metric tons of waste and 600 metric tons of garbage is dumped Faiyaz Alam Shaikh further said that Govandi dumping India.
In this regard, Assistant Municipal Commissioner of M East Ward Mahendra Ubale says that there is a plan to install the plant by the Chief Engineer of SWM Department. Regarding this plant Tried to talk to Sanjay Bhosle, Regional Officer of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, but failed.