LGRD Minister Tazul Islam on Sunday said around 17,000 tons of waste is generated from the country’s 12 city corporations every day, and the government has taken various measures for recycling waste.
In reply to a query from Awami League MP from Noakhali-2 Morshed Alam in parliament, the minister said scrutiny of different proposals is going on to produce power from waste in the city corporations, except Barisal and Rajshahi.
Tazul said the amount of waste generated from Dhaka South City Corporation is 3,213 tons, Dhaka North City Corporation 3,400-3,600 tons, Chittagong City Corporation 2,135 tons, Sylhet City Corporation 375 tons, Barisal City Corporation 500 tons, Khulna City Corporation 1,000 tons, Rajshahi City Corporation 350 tons, Rangpur City Corporation 120 tons, Narayanganj City Corporation 1,000 tons, Comilla City Corporation 210 tons, Gazipur City Corporation 4,000 tons and Mymensingh City Corporation 500 tons.
Around 39% of the total waste comes from the two city corporations of Dhaka, the minister said.
Tazul said the Local Government Division has taken initiatives to produce power from the waste of Dhaka North City Corporation.
“A project was taken up to build an incineration plant for producing power from the waste of the Aminbazar landfill through WtE Power Plant North Dhaka Private Ltd and Bangladesh Power Development Board with financing from China Machinery Engineering Corporation,” he said.
Besides, the minister said, scrutiny of six proposals is going on to produce power from the waste of Dhaka North City Corporation.
Thirteen proposals were sent to the Power Division for producing power from the waste of Chittagong City Corporation, he said.
“The technical committee of the Bangladesh Power Development Board has selected proposals from four companies. Work is going on to implement the project,” he said.
Besides, the minister also said an incineration plant was set up in the Chittagong City Corporation area to produce power from medical waste.
A memorandum of understanding was signed with Waste Concern to set up a medical incineration plant in Narayanganj City Corporation, he added.
