Archive · 1 Oct 2025
Delhi to Expand Biomedical Waste Treatment Capacity
The Delhi government is working on a plan to better handle medical waste, like used needles and bandages, to keep the city clean and safe.
The Environment Minister has told officials to speed up the process of building new waste treatment plants.
Currently, the city's plants cannot handle all the waste produced each day.
Two new plants are planned, replacing an older one.
These new plants will use modern technology.
The project will be managed by a private company but overseen by the government to ensure things are done correctly.
The aim is to get these new plants built quickly so that medical waste is handled properly, protecting the health of Delhi's residents.
Delhi Environment Minister directed the DPCC to expedite tenders.
The city's existing plants cannot handle the full daily load of biomedical waste.
Two new facilities are planned to replace the existing Nilothi plant.
Tenders will be issued under a Build–Own–Operate model.
The government aims for swift completion and improvement of waste handling.
- Who
- Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa
- What
- Directed fast-tracking of tenders for biomedical waste treatment plants
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- Delhi
- Why
- To increase the city's capacity to handle biomedical waste and to ensure public health safety.
- Action
- Fast-tracking tenders for new waste treatment facilities
- Initiator
- Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa
- Objective
- Increase biomedical waste handling capacity
- Existing Capacity
- Insufficient to handle 40 metric tonnes daily
- New Facilities
- Two plants planned to replace Nilothi plant
- Model
- Build–Own–Operate (10-year)