Munak canal, a significant source of drinking water, is situated close to the site where the WTE plant is being constructed in Sannoth. Today, India has 30 plants, half of them dysfunctional due to the same issue – waste profile and economic viability. In Okhla, at a currently operational WTE plant, a brick manufacturing unit was supposed to handle this ash. Singh housing colony, a slum cluster situated between the Okhla landfill and Tehkhand WTE plant. Hitachi Zosen, a Japanese WTE company, has supplied technology to four WTE plants to India in Jabalpur, Pune and Bangalore.