GAIL (India) Limited and Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) have signed a Concession Agreement (CA) for setting up Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant in Ranchi. The agreement was signed in the presence of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Jharkhand Shri Hemant Soren, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Ashish Chatterjee, Director (Business Development), GAIL Shri M V Iyer and Executive Director (Business Development), Shri Santanu Roy by Ranchi Municipal Commissioner Shri Mukesh Kumar, IAS and Executive Director (Projects), GAIL Shri K B Singh.
As per the agreement, GAIL will setup CBG Plant for processing 150 Tons per Day of Organic Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). The CBG plant will produce 5 Tons of Compressed Biogas (CBG) per day and approximately 25 Tons of Fermented Bio Manure per day.
CBG plant would be beneficial for people of Ranchi by producing clean & green fuel and will be a step towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat.