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The State government has issued a authorities bid to rise funds for the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) through issuance of greenish municipal bonds for financing the task for disposal of bequest discarded and reclamation of onshore astatine Kodungaiyur dump gait successful north Chennai.
Once the greenish municipal bonds are issued, GCC is expected to expedite the enactment connected reclamation of onshore astatine Kodungaiyur dump gait aft biomining of bequest waste. The biomining enactment successful Kodungaiyur dump gait is nether way.
The task involves technological excavation and processing of bequest coagulated discarded dispersed implicit 252 acre of onshore successful a marsh covering 342.91 acre. According to a drone survey, 66.52 lakh tonnes of discarded had accumulated successful the dump yard. The enactment is aimed astatine biology restoration and discarded absorption betterment successful Chennai.
The authorities accorded administrative authorisation for the task for ‘disposal of bequest discarded and reclamation of onshore astatine Kodungaiyur dump tract done bio-mining’ astatine an estimated outgo of ₹646.38 crore nether Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 strategy including contributions from the Central and State governments, GCC’s own funds and external financing from the KfW fund.
The Government of India volition money 25% of the project, the State authorities volition stock 16% portion GCC volition enarthrosis work for 59% of the cost. Proceeds from the green municipal bonds are important for the implementation of the project.
As the Chennai Corporation volition contented bonds nether the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (Issue and Listing of Municipal Debt Securities) Regulations 2015, the civic assemblage is required to make a information oregon a owe connected circumstantial assets successful favour of the Bond Trustee oregon Bond Investors during the enslaved issuance.
The authorities has approved repayment of the main and outgo of involvement from the escrowed spot tax/profession taxation of Chennai Corporation.
