Archive · 21 Nov 2025
MCC, IOCL Partner for Biogas Plant to Manage Waste
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh and Indian Oil Corporation have agreed to build a special plant that turns waste into clean energy.
This will help keep the city clean and reduce the amount of waste in landfills.
Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) sign MoU
MoU aims to set up a Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant at Daddumajra
Plant will process Segregated Organic Municipal Solid Waste (SOMSW)
DBFO model to be used for the project
Aims to reduce landfill burden and promote renewable energy
- Who
- Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
- What
- Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- Daddumajra, Chandigarh
- Why
- To manage waste scientifically, reduce landfill burden, and promote renewable energy
- Plant Type
- Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant
- Waste Type
- Segregated Organic Municipal Solid Waste (SOMSW)
- Model
- Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO)
- Location
- Daddumajra, Chandigarh
- Signatories
- CB Ojha (MCC), Dr Ajit Thakur (IOCL)