Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said that an agreement has been signed with Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) to generate gas from wet waste in Bengaluru.

Speaking to reporters after signing of the agreement, he said, "GAIL is setting up a Rs 123-crore unit to generate gas from 500 tonne of wet waste".

"The state government has allotted the land already. This is the first of such initiatives in Bengaluru and we are ready to sign more agreements in this regard," Shivakumar said.

He said, "This would reduce the problem of waste in Bengaluru. I wish that gas generation would start soon and it would be distributed to industries and hotels."

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