India, Sept. 19 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) first compressed biogas (CBG) plant to process dairy waste in northwest Delhi's Ghogha Dairy area (Narela-Bawana Road) is set to become operational by the end of this month, senior civic officials said.

The facility is part of the corporation's plan to set up three biomethanation-based plants in the city - at Ghogha Dairy, Okhla and Ghazipur -- that together will process an estimated 750 tonnes of wet waste daily and generate compressed biogas, a clean fuel that can be used to run vehicles.

A senior MCD official said several biogas and CBG plants are at various stages of development. "We will see commissioning of two of these plants at the end of this month, including a 200 T...