Children in the national capital participating in a cleanliness drive. 
| Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday announced that the Delhi government has undertaken a project to develop India’s first electronic waste (e-waste) eco park in north Delhi’s Holambi Kalan.

Mr. Sirsa made the announcement after chairing a meeting on Monday, in which it was decided that the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation would issue a global tender to invite “the world’s best green technology partners” to build the park.

According to a statement by the Delhi government, the facility, spanning 11.4 acres, will be built under a design, build, finance, operate, and transfer (DBFOT) model on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis for a concession period of 15 years. It will be designed to process up to 51,000 tonnes of e-waste, including all 106 categories of waste listed under the E-Waste Management Rules, 2022. The park, which is one of four such facilities planned in the country, is expected to generate over ₹350 crore in revenue.

Mr. Sirsa said, “The eco park will not just manage waste. It will be the symbol of Delhi’s transition into a circular economy, where no resource is wasted and no worker left behind.”

Construction of the park is expected to be completed within 18 months.

The park will also have dedicated zones for dismantling, refurbishing, plastic recovery, and a second-hand electronics market. It will also house skilling and training centres to formally upskill informal workers engaged in unregulated and hazardous e-waste handling.

‘Will regularise workers’

“The project will generate more than a thousand ‘green jobs’,” Mr. Sirsa said. “By bringing informal recyclers into the formal system, we’re improving livelihoods and making the entire ecosystem cleaner, safer, and technologically competent,” he said.