India, Feb. 21 -- The Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG) has proposed setting up a construction and demolition (C&D) waste processing plant in the city with a capacity to handle 400 tonnes per day (TPD) of waste everday, officials said.

According to officials, Gurugram currently generates over 1,500 tonnes of C&D waste daily. However, the city's only operational C&D waste plant can only handle 1,200 TPD. As a result, debris often ends up being dumped illegally at roadsides, parks and open land.

Under the new proposal, the 400-TPD plant will raise Gurugram's total C&D waste processing capacity to 1,600 TPD. A detailed proposal has been prepared, which will be sent to the headquarters for approval. Work on the plant will begin once admi...