The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday floated a Rs 2,368-crore tender for cleaning waste piles from the Deonar landfill through biomining. The move comes ahead of the state government’s plans to relocate a section of Dharavi residents under its redevelopment project. Almost seven months ago, in October 2024, the state government allocated a 124-acre portion of the larger 311-acre Deonar landfill for constructing housing tenements for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP), a joint venture of the Maharashtra government and Adani Group. In its tender document, civic officials mentioned that they will clear 110 hectares or 271 acres of land. “Alongside the portion that has been demarcated for the DRP, several other areas of the land parcel will also be cleared. This includes the portion of land parcel where a waste-to-energy (WTE) and a bio-CNG plants are coming up,” said a civic official. Story continues below this ad Details furnished by the civic authorities also show that 185 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of solid waste will be removed from the land parcel. For the process, 1,200 …