Bhopal Corporation Hands Adampur Landfill to Saurashtra Firm for Five Years, Approves Rs 200 Crore Green Bonds

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has handed the management of the Adampur landfill to a Saurashtra-based company for five years, according to the Free Press Journal. The decision was taken by the Mayor-in-Council, chaired by Mayor Malti Rai, on Tuesday. The newspaper did not name the company.

Under the arrangement, the firm will scientifically process about 800 metric tonnes of fresh waste arriving at the site every day. The report said the company is already clearing 6.5 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the landfill. The new contract is worth Rs 48 crore, compared with Rs 52 crore under the earlier tender, the newspaper reported.

The Mayor-in-Council also approved Rs 200 crore in green municipal bonds to fund BMC’s share of the AMRUT 2.0 scheme. In a separate item, it sanctioned additional money for shifting a GI water pipeline in the Kolar six-lane road project. The initial allocation was Rs 8.02 crore, and expenditure rose by Rs 53.3 lakh. The report described this as a sharp increase, although the figures it gave do not match that description.

Several housing items under PMAY-HFA 2.0 were also cleared. Consultant Hiten Rathi was empanelled to prepare the detailed project report. SRS Infra Project Ltd received a third extension to 31 December 2026 for the Ganga Nagar and Shyam Nagar projects, while ISKON Infratech Pvt Ltd was given until 31 March 2027 for the Kalkheda project. Velji Ratna Sorathia Infra Pvt Ltd was given until 31 December 2026 to finish remaining work at the 12-number bus stop site, and Sai Construction received a fourth extension to 31 October 2026 for work at the same location.

The council approved the Dipadi PMAY-HFA 2.0 project under public-private partnership mode and cancelled a previously approved project, which the report did not name. It also gave administrative approval of Rs 64.5 crore for 528 houses at Kasturba Nagar and Rs 27.5 crore for 256 houses at Nayapura, and set a minimum tender value of Rs 12 crore for 768 houses at Rajendra Nagar.

The landfill decision comes against a long-running waste problem. A Free Press Journal report from July said Bhopal produces about 1,200 metric tonnes of waste daily from its 85 wards, and that the Adampur site, in use since 2018-19, has seen large garbage mounds and frequent summer fires because scientific disposal was delayed. The National Green Tribunal fined BMC Rs 1.8 crore in July 2023 after repeated fires, and the matter is pending before the Supreme Court. At that time BMC said it had committed to finishing legacy waste remediation within 330 days and that private agencies would handle legacy and fresh waste while the corporation keeps a monitoring role.