Wednesday 30 January 2013

Bhilai-Durg Waste Management Private Limited Submits Bank Guarantee

Bhilai-Durg Waste Management Private Limited (BDWMPL), the special purpose vehicle set up for the implementation of Integrated City Sanitation and Municipal Solid Waste Management Project in Bhilai and Durg, today completed all the conditions under the Concession Agreement, by submitting the required Performance Bank Guarantee of Rs 1,42,05,800/- (Rupees One Crore Forty Two Lacs Five Thousand Eight Hundred Only) for Bhilai and Rs 85,23,480/- (Rupees Eighty Five Lacs Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred Eighty Only) for Durg. A truly integrated scheme, this Design, Build, Operated, Finance and Transfer project is based on Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.

BDWMPL will start work on the Collection & Transportation of municipal solid waste after 3 (three) months from the date of approval of the C&T plan from the Independent Engineer. This plan was submitted by BDWMPL to Bhilai Nagar Nigam and Durg Nagar Nigam about 3 months ago and the company is awaiting approval of the same.

The Scope of Services of BDWMPL in the first phase includes:

·        City Sanitation comprising street sweeping, cleaning of drains, public toilets, ponds & Government office premises

·         Primary and Secondary collection of waste including door-to-door collection

·         Secondary transportation of waste to transfer stations & processing facility

·        Comprehensive IEC activities covering all strata of the society for effective environment management

In the second phase it will be undertaking:

·         EIA & Preliminary investigations at the processing and disposal facility site

·        Design, Engineering, Construction, Operation & Maintenance of waste processing facility with advanced technology

·        Design, Engineering, Construction, Operation & Maintenance of scientifically engineered sanitary landfill facility

·         Post closure monitoring of landfill

The operations will also involve sustained Information, Education & Communication (IEC) drive wherein there will be door-to-door awareness and other educational drive on constituents of waste, segregation and benefits of handling waste effectively.