Delhi’s new biogas plant at Goyla Dairy in Najafgarh was inaugurated on 19 October 2026, with the facility designed to process 200 metric tonnes of cattle dung every day and convert it into compressed biogas and natural fertiliser. The ₹16 crore project is intended to improve sanitation in dairy areas, reduce the flow of dung into drains and support efforts to control pollution reaching the Yamuna.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated the plant in the presence of Minister Ashish Sood, Mayor Parvesh Wahi, Deputy Mayor Dr Monika Pant, MLA Sandeep Sehrawat and municipal councillor Savita Pawan Sharma, among others. The plant has been established by the Delhi Municipal Corporation.
According to the information released at the inauguration, the facility is expected to produce about 14,000 cubic metres of raw biogas and nearly 5.6 tonnes of compressed biogas, or CBG, each day. The CBG will be supplied through a pipeline to Indraprastha Gas Limited. The slurry left after processing will be usable as natural manure.
The project also creates a formal collection system for cattle dung from dairy operators. The agency handling the facility will collect dung at a rate of 67 paise per kilogram. This arrangement is expected to provide dairy operators with an organised disposal channel as well as a payment for the waste generated by their animals. The Chief Minister urged dairy operators to use the designated collection system.
Gupta said cleaning the Yamuna requires action against pollution at its sources and not only work inside the river. She described the conversion of dung into energy and manure as an application of the waste-to-wealth approach. The project addresses a specific urban sanitation problem in Delhi’s dairy settlements, where unmanaged dung can enter drains and travel through the city’s drainage network towards the river.
The inauguration is part of a wider expansion of biogas infrastructure cited by the Delhi government. Gupta said three biogas plants had been started during the previous one-and-a-half years, while work on six more plants was under way. The government has also made a provision of ₹50 crore for improving drains and drainage systems in dairy colonies.
The government cited the Nangli Sakrawati plant as an earlier example of the collection model. Over one year, that facility used 55,000 tonnes of dung and paid ₹3.5 crore to farmers, according to the statement made at the event. The figures indicate that the operational success of the Goyla Dairy plant will depend not only on its processing capacity but also on regular collection, participation by dairy operators and the continued use of the produced gas and slurry.
The next operational steps are the daily collection of dung from dairy units, its processing at the Goyla Dairy facility and the supply of CBG to Indraprastha Gas Limited through the planned pipeline connection.
