"construction-and-demolition"

With the addition of two more plants, the capability of tackling the C&D waste has gone up to 2,000 metric tonne per day.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said due to increased efforts by authorities, the waste collected in GHMC limits had increased from 3,500 metric tonnes to 7,000 metric tonnes per day.

Idea is to set up one C&D processing plant for each cluster with a capacity to handle at least 100 tonnes per day.

It is first of its kind facility in the State, the largest plant in South India and second largest plant in the country