Excerpt from Mumbai Solid Waste Network on 29th Sep 2009: Read Full Article
The purpose of this entry is to give a quick snapshot on the Deonar garbage dump an events leading to the awarding of the Deonar Project. The Deonar Project was finally awarded in Aug 2008 at an exorbitant and unreasonable public cost of Rs. 4500 crores and based on a technology, which is being questioned.
There was hardly any public discussion regarding the use of tax payers money. Below are the inconsistencies in the award of the project which was originally projected to be awarded at around one tenth of the current cost in 2005
This post aims to stir greater public dialogue and expects that people will understand the key aspects of the matter and based on that send emails and letters to their Councilors, Municipal Commissioner and the Press asking for the answers.
