MANILA, Nov. 24 -- A Filipino-Indian consortium has secured an area inside the New Clark City for a PHP4-billion four-hectare state-of-the-art waste-to-energy facility, among the investments secured during President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s state visit to India last August.

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) on Monday said its officials, along with those from ATD Waste to Energy Corp. Global Heavy Equipment and Construction Corp., and India-based Uttamenergy Ltd. signed the lease contract for the facility last Nov. 19.

BCDA said the consortium aims to produce 600 metric tons of waste per day into 12 megawatts (MW) of clean energy to power around 10,000 households and provide jobs for Filipinos across Central Luzon. ...