KTR to inaugurate leachate treatment plant at Jawahar Nagar today

Registering yet another milestone in the efforts to address the decades-old issues associated with Jawahar Nagar dump yard, a 2,000 KLD capacity leachate treatment plant will be inaugurated by the Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) Minister KT Rama Rao on Saturday.

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to solve the issues related to the leachate generated from the legacy dumpsite at Jawahar Nagar, has set up the treatment plant with over Rs 250 crore. The work was entrusted to Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. (now Re Sustainability Limited).

Residents of Jawahar Nagar and its



vicinities have been facing problems that from decades of unscientific dumping of waste at the yard. According to the officials, their grievances are will get resolved with this 2,000 KLD capacity leachate treatment plant.

When the capping works of the Jawahar Nagar dump yard were nearing completion in 2020, the Telangana government instructed the GHMC to take up the treatment and disposal of legacy leachate.

As a part of this exercise, the leachate was accumulated in the Malkaram tank and artificial ponds were created and partial treatment was taken up.