Monday 13 February 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
Delhi plans to generate energy from garbage

The Delhi government will set up two plants for the purpose one at Okhala and another at Ghazipur

New Delhi: Delhi will set up two plants to generate energy from solid waste, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said.

She said a plant will be set up in Okhla and another at Ghazipur, reports IANS.

The plants would "help in proper disposal of most of the solid waste", Dikshit said at a function organised by TERI and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

She said the government has made it mandatory to install solar water heaters in big establishments, hotels, restaurants, office buildings and hospitals and on all buildings coming up in an area over 500 square metres.
 

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