GHMC pushes full-capacity processing at Fathullaguda C&D plant

The GHMC is working to increase construction and demolition waste processing from 150 to 500 tonnes per day at its Fathullaguda facility. Officials have been directed to improve lifting and monitoring to utilise the plant’s full capacity

Hyderabad: GHMC is making efforts to increase processing of construction and demolition (C&D) waste from 150 metric tonnes to 500 metric tonnes per day (TPD) at C&D waste processing unit in Fathullaguda.

GHMC Additional Commissioner Vinay Krishna Reddy on Friday inspected the Fathullaguda (C&D) Waste Processing Plant and reviewed plant operations and practices. It was observed that the plant was receiving about 150 metric tonnes of C&D waste per day, lower than its installed processing capacity of 500 metric tonnes per day.

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The GHMC official directed the officials concerned to strengthen the lifting of claimed C&D waste through monitoring of waste generators by field officials. He emphasised the need for a comprehensive action plan to ensure the plant received C&D waste up to its full capacity of 500 metric tonnes per day.