The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday presented a budget of Rs 17,000 crore for the next financial year with sanitation receiving the highest allocation of Rs 4,907.11 crore. Besides sanitation, infrastructure development, education and waste management, have been focused upon in the MCD budget. In waste management, the MCD plans to establish waste-to-energy plants in Narela-Bawana (3,600 TPD) and Ghazipur (3,000 TPD), along with bio-CNG plants in Okhla, Ghogha Dairy, and Ghazipur to process 750 metric tons of waste daily. The special budget meeting also announced that work is underway to set up bio-methanisation plants with a capacity of 200 metric tons per day, expected to be completed by March 2025. Under its green initiatives, the MCD has planted over 1.8 lakh trees by December 2024 and developed eight Miyawaki micro-forests, the budget copy read. The horticulture department has been allocated Rs 393.26 crore, compared to Rs 586.58 crore last year, it ...