Kohima: The Kohima Solid Waste Management Plant has sat idle since 2019. Landslides, staffing shortages, and poor waste sorting killed the operation. The Nagaland Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment and Climate Change now wants it back online. Chairperson Achumbemo Kikon presented the committee's findings during the 14th Assembly's ninth session.
The plant cost roughly 48 crore rupees. It includes a 50-ton compost facility, a sanitary landfill, and a leachate treatment unit. Equipment on site includes generators, excavators, tractors, and an automatic conveyor belt. The Urban Development Department originally built the site with Asian Development Bank funds before leasing it to Hyderabad-based Ramki Company.
Legislators aren't happy with the current state of municipal services. The Kohima Municipal Council currently operates with only two sewage suction trucks. The committee demanded the department buy 100 more, though the department countered that standard guidelines suggest only four or five. Officials promised to review these requirements.
“The prolonged idling of such a vital public asset constitutes a serious lapse and has deprived the citizens of Kohima of an efficient and scientific solid waste management system,” the committee stated in its report.
State agencies must now open the plant to local entrepreneurs. The government has three months to file an Action Taken Report. This report must address road damage, staffing, and operational plans. A dedicated tendering committee met on 13 November 2025 to start the process.
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