New Delhi, February 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia's biggest Bio-CNG plant, the Gobar-Dhan plant, in Indore on Saturday. Addressing the event virtually, PM Modi said the initiative of the Bio-CNG plant "is very important" as wet waste released from houses, animals and farms in villages are "in a way Gobar-Dhan".
The PM said, “In the coming two years, work is being done to build such Gobar-Dhan Bio-CNG plants in 75 major municipal bodies of the country. This campaign will go a long way in making India's cities clean, pollution-free, clean energy."
The municipal solid waste based Gobar-Dhan plant is in line with PM Modi's vision of creating “garbage-free cities” under the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, according to the Prime Minister's Office.
Ahead of the inauguration, the Prime Minister said the construction of the Bio-CNG plant is a commendable effort to ensure “cleaner urban spaces under the principle of Waste to Wealth.”