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CM Vijay inspects Chennai bio CNG plant
India Today··22 Jul
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay made a surprise inspection of the Chetpet bio-CNG plant in Chennai on July 20. The PPP facility processes about 100 to 140 tonnes of food and vegetable waste daily and is described as India's first such plant in the city. GCC is adding five more bio-CNG plants with 500 tonnes combined capacity.
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What It Means For You
- Chennai generates 6,150 tonnes of waste daily; half is biodegradable and can feed bio-CNG plants like Chetpet's.
- Household source segregation determines whether wet waste becomes fuel and manure or fills landfills untreated.
- Tamil Nadu residents may see similar PPP bio-CNG projects in other cities after Vijay's statewide replication order.
What's Happening
- Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay inspected the Chetpet bio-CNG plant on July 20 in an unannounced visit.
- The facility processes about 100 to 140 tonnes of food and vegetable waste daily under a Greater Chennai Corporation PPP.
- Vijay ordered scientific segregation statewide, converting biodegradable waste to bio-CNG and channelling plastics to roads and cement fuel.
What Happens Next
- A Madhavaram plant processes 160 to 180 tonnes daily; GCC is adding five more plants with 500 tonnes combined capacity.
- At full capacity Chetpet can produce about 4,900 kg of bio-CNG daily for hotels, restaurants and fuel stations.
- India's first such Chennai facility is being positioned as a model for urban scientific waste management across Tamil Nadu.
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