Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to expedite the tender process for setting up two new biomedical waste treatment facilities in the capital.
The directive comes more than a month after the government’s announcement on August 30 regarding additional plants, when the DPCC was asked to carry out feasibility studies and accelerate work on site selection, technology evaluation, and capacity planning.
According to an official document, the government has decided to phase out the existing Nilothi plant in West Delhi and replace it with two new facilities, in line with the findings of the feasibility studies.
Following a review, the minister noted that the city’s two existing biomedical waste treatment plants cannot handle the full daily load of 40 metric tonnes (MT). This shortfall prompted the plan to establish two additional facilities to manage Delhi’s biomedical waste.
The proposed facilities will serve six districts of Delhi, including East, North East, Shahdara, West, South West, and Central.
The department stated that the tenders will be issued under a 10-year Build–Own–Operate model, with the National Productivity Council (NPC) ensuring transparency and technical scrutiny.
To ensure timely progress, Sirsa directed officials to complete bid evaluation and issue Letters of Award within three months, followed by swift agreement signing and mobilisation.
Reaffirming the government’s commitment to timely execution, the minister said: “This is about execution with discipline. We are choosing long-term solutions with clear timelines so that people see measurable, visible improvements in biomedical waste handling across the city.”
Sirsa further emphasised that by strengthening the capacity to handle clinical waste where it is most needed, the Delhi government is ensuring that “biomedical waste never becomes an air or health risk for our citizens.”