The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) began biomining the 225-acre Perungudi dumpyard, containing 35 lakh cubic meters of waste, three years ago, with a budget of Rs 350 crore.
Despite setting a deadline of August 31, only 80% of the work is complete. The project, divided into six packages, has seen delays, with one contractor terminated and two packages incomplete.
Meanwhile, biomining at the 252-acre Kodungaiyur dumpyard has just started, with Rs 640 crore allocated to clear 66 lakh cubic meters of waste.
However, both sites continue receiving daily waste—2,302.53 MT at Perungudi and 2,387.22 MT at Kodungaiyur—compounding landfill issues. GCC Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran stated that efforts would be expedited after the northeast monsoon.
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