Two Months After Moshi Collapse, PCMC to Announce 12 Waste Processing Sites Across All Zones This Week
Nearly two months after the Moshi landfill collapse that caused casualties and crippled Pimpri Chinchwad's waste management system, PCMC is set to announce 12 land parcels, one in each administrative zone, for setting up decentralised waste processing facilities this week after discussions with local corporators. The city generates around 1,400 to 1,500 tonnes of waste daily, all of which currently converges at the 81-acre Moshi depot, the only processing and dumping facility in Pimpri Chinchwad, a dangerous single point of failure that the July 8 collapse made devastatingly clear. PCMC commissioner said officials spent one and a half months identifying reserved land across the city and that of the 12 plots identified, six are relatively small and will be used only for dry waste processing. At least five to six private companies have already approached PCMC with proposals and presentations have been made with the process of preparing DPRs and appointing consultants also initiated.
PCMC has approached Khadki Cantonment Board seeking 25 acres for a new Waste-to-Energy plant to complement its only existing WtE plant inside the Moshi depot while also holding discussions with firms on which systems can be deployed at each identified plot. Land availability remains a key challenge with Bio-CNG plants requiring at least 10 acres which is not readily available across all zones. In a significant policy shift, the commissioner confirmed that no land will henceforth be reserved for dumping and every identified plot will be used either as a transfer station or a proper waste processing facility, with neither permitted to generate foul smell. For a city that watched its entire waste management chain collapse along with a garbage mountain in July, the shift to a decentralised twelve-zone model is not just an operational upgrade but a fundamental rethinking of how Pimpri Chinchwad handles the 1,400 tonnes of waste its residents generate every single day.
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