Having failed to get any bidders for their Rs 400 crore waste to energy project at the Deonar dumping ground, the civic body has come up with an alternative - to gradually divert the solid waste from Deonar to the bioreactor plant in the Kanjurmarg dumping ground instead. Residents from Bhandup, Vikhroli and other areas around the dumping ground at Kanjurmarg are, however, are not too happy with the civic body's 'solution'.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had first floated a tender for the waste to energy plant in 2016. Lack of available technology and suitable contractors had created a roadblock then. After two tenders and four extensions, the situation hasn't changed yet.