Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated a Rs 16-crore biogas plant at Goyla Dairy. The facility will convert cattle dung into clean fuel while reducing Yamuna pollution.
The plant will produce about 14,000 cubic metres of raw biogas and 5.6 tonnes of purified compressed biogas daily. (Representative Image)
New Delhi,Oct 19, 2026 18:23 IST
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday inaugurated a Rs 16-crore biogas plant that can process 200 metric tonnes of cattle dung a day, news agency Press Trust of India reported. The project is aimed at preventing dairy waste from entering drains and polluting the Yamuna.
The plant will produce about 14,000 cubic metres of raw biogas and 5.6 tonnes of purified compressed biogas daily, according to an official statement cited by PTI. The gas will be supplied to Indraprastha Gas Limited through a pipeline, while the leftover slurry will be used as organic fertiliser.
The facility, located on Main Goyla Dairy Road in southwest Delhi, is part of efforts to improve the disposal of cattle dung generated in the city's dairy colonies. Inadequate waste management has allowed cattle dung to enter drains and eventually reach the Yamuna, the statement said.
Gupta said pollution must be tackled at its source to clean the river and that waste from dairy colonies should be processed instead of being allowed to flow into drains.
"Cleaning the Yamuna alone is not enough; effective action must also be taken against the factors that cause pollutants to reach it," she said.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi developed the plant with funding from the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' Urban Development Fund. It is designed to convert cattle dung and municipal solid waste into fuel and organic fertiliser.
About 200 metric tonnes of cattle dung are generated in the Goyla Dairy area every day. Under the project, the agency operating the plant will buy dung from dairy operators for 67 paise a kilogram. This will provide livestock owners with an additional source of income and reduce the burden of waste disposal.
The plant was initially scheduled to begin operations on September 17. MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar had directed the implementing agency to make adequate arrangements for collecting, transporting and processing the dung and to prevent it from entering nearby drains.
Gupta said three biogas plants had become operational in Delhi over the past 18 months and work was under way on six more. She said the Nangli Sakrawati plant had processed 55,000 tonnes of cattle dung in a year, for which farmers were paid Rs 3.5 crore.
The chief minister said Rs 50 crore had been allocated to build drains and improve drainage systems in the city's dairy colonies, where basic facilities such as waste collection and water supply had remained inadequate for years.
According to the statement cited by PTI, the project is part of wider efforts to convert waste into usable resources under the Centre's 'Waste to Wealth' approach. Gupta said the aim was to stop pollutants from reaching the Yamuna while producing clean fuel and organic manure.
The inauguration also comes under the Centre's Clean Yamuna initiative. Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently set a target of processing 1,500 tonnes of dairy waste, the statement said.
Cabinet Minister Ashish Sood said successive governments had moved dairies from residential colonies to designated areas but had not done enough to ensure proper disposal of cattle dung or provide adequate civic infrastructure.
"Delhi now wants concrete action and results instead of excuses and delays," Sood said, describing the plant as an example of the government's approach to long-standing civic problems.
Mayor Pravesh Wahi, Deputy Mayor Monika Pant and MLA Sandeep Sehrawat were among those present at the inauguration.
Gupta urged dairy operators to cooperate with the designated collection system. She also asked officials and plant operators to ensure that cattle dung was collected regularly and processed safely.
The government said the project would improve sanitation in dairy colonies, reduce the flow of waste into drains and expand the use of clean energy produced from waste, while helping prevent pollution from reaching the Yamuna.
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With PTI inputs