India, March 17 -- After multiple failures, an old project has been included as 'new' in the 2025-26 budget by the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC's) solid waste department. The waste-to-energy project, pending for the past seven years, has been reintroduced under a new name.

The PMC began efforts to set up a waste-to-energy project at Ramtekdi Industrial Estate in 2012-13. Initially, two projects were planned at Uruli Devachi with capacities of 500 and 250 tonnes. Due to opposition however, a single 750 tonne project was approved at Ramtekdi. The company tasked with the project failed to generate electricity even after implementation, leading to criticism. Instead of producing electricity, the company only produced boiler fuel which r...