Jabalpur turns waste into wealth with successful 11.5 MW waste-to-energy plant

At a time when cities across India, including Kolkata and its northern and southern suburbs, are struggling to breathe under the burden of mounting municipal solid waste, Jabalpur, MP has emerged as a notable success story in scientific waste management and clean energy generation.

- RAJIB CHAKRABORTY

The Jabalpur Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)-based Waste-to-Energy plant, located at Kathonda village on the outskirts of the city, has become one of India’s most successful examples of converting urban garbage into electricity. What was once considered a civic burden has now been transformed into a valuable energy resource, strengthening both the city’s sanitation system and its financial sustainability. The plant has an installed power generation capacity of 11.5 megawatts (MW) and is capable of processing appro