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The Deonar dumping ground is a waste dumping ground or landfill in the city of Mumbai. Located in Shivaji Nagar, an eastern suburb of the city, it is India's oldest and largest[1][2] dumping ground, set up in 1927.[3][4][5][6][7] The dumping ground is managed by the city's civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (also known as Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai), which also manages two other dumping ground in the city; one in the neighbourhood of Mulund and one recently opened in Kanjurmarg.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on 6 August, 2022 moved a proposal before the state environment department seeking environment clearance for its proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at the Deonar dumping ground. The BMC's proposal has been accepted by the state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) and is currently under examination by the state-level expert appraisal committee (EAC). As of December 2024, the plant is under construction and is expected to come online by October 2025. Earlier, it had a planned installed capacity was 4 MWe. But later it was increased to 7 MWe. It is expected to burn 1600 tons of MSW. The BMC is to buy the power from the plant.
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