Ramky Enviro Engineers bagged an order worth Rs.102.15 crore from Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) for and integrated solid waste management project at West Boragaon on PPP basis.

Under the terms of the deal, GMC will provide a 60 acre site for this project on nominal lease rent of Rs.1 a sq.mtrs a year.

The project will cover different aspects of disposal of municipal solid wastes from collection, transportation and processing, besides producing 6 MW power and compost from the wastes. The developer will be responsible for the entire cycle of solid waste management, from door-to-door collection up to scientific disposal of the waste. The developer will also be responsible for cleaning of drains and sweeping of streets, something traditionally done by municipal bodies.

The proposed components of the integrated project are: a 6-MW power plant, a refuse derived fuel (RDF) plant (650 tpd), a composting plant (50 tpd), and a landfill site and recycling plant.