PWD opens green-waste processing plant near ITO

Pruned branches and fallen trees from PWD-maintained roads will now be sent to a green-waste processing plant near ITO, where they will be converted into compost for Delhi’s central verges, gardens and roadside plantations.

PWD minister Parvesh Sahib Singh inaugurated the facility, which the Delhi government describes as the capital’s first dedicated plant for horticulture waste. The department maintains thousands of kilometres of roads and green belts but previously had no such processing facility, Singh said.

Officials said residents, schools and RWAs had reported heaps of branches left along roadsides for days, at times blocking footpaths and creating foul smells. The new system is intended to speed up clearance while avoiding dumping.

Similar facilities have been completed at Patparganj Industrial Area, Secretariat Nursery, Mukarba Chowk Nursery, Lajwanti Nursery, Sukhdev Vihar and RK Puram. Six more are planned in the next phase, with a longer-term aim of establishing at least one green-waste processing facility in every district.

PWD said local processing could also lower transport costs, improve soil quality and help keep green waste out of drains during the monsoon.