Hyderabad, May 22 -- The biogas plant established inside the Dr BR Ambedkar Vegetable Market Yard in Secunderabad, or the Bowenpally Vegetable Market, which has been producing energy using the vegetable waste generated in the market yard, has been lying defunct for the past few weeks.

The reason for the temporary break is that the contract of Ahuja Engineering Services Pvt Ltd (AES) expired last month, and tenders need to be called for to run it at its full potential again.

The biogas plant constructed in 2021, is based on the technology provided by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), and was funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India.

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