Karnataka's first 11.5 megawatt power plant run on municipal waste being set up at Bidadi

In Karnataka, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa laid the foundation stone for a 11.5 megawatt power plant based on municipal waste in Bidadi, a town in Bengaluru.
It is first of its kind power plant in the state being set up by the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) and will help in converting 600 tonnes of municipal waste into 11.5 megawatt energy.
This power plant will add 80.59 million units of power to the existing power grid.
The power plant project is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 260 crore and is likely to be operational by 2022.