The Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has initiated the second phase of the biomining project at the Aadharwadi dumping ground. Under this ambitious plan, approximately nine lakh metric tonnes of waste will be processed using biomining techniques to clear the entire site at Kalyan, Municipal Commissioner Abhinav Goyal informed. He also directed officials to accelerate work by deploying additional machinery and manpower.

Goyal, along with Additional Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) Ramdas Kokre, inspected the ongoing operations at Adharwadi, as well as the wet and dry waste management projects at Umbarde and Barave in Kalyan. He highlighted that waste dumping at Adharwadi had been stopped since the Covid-19 period, and the biomining process has successfully segregated thousands of metric tonnes of waste so far. Refuse derived fuel (RDF) generated from the process is being supplied to cement factories, while the soil recovered will be used for proposed civic landfill projects, the civic body said in a statement.