The move comes after an accident in east Delhi, triggered by the collapse of a portion of the towering Ghazipur landfill, in which two people lost their lives while five others were injured
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) will have a meeting with the National Green Tribunal on Monday. The meeting will discuss the state of the upcoming landfill sites on the outskirts of Delhi.
The move comes after an accident in east Delhi, triggered by the collapse of a portion of the towering Ghazipur landfill, in which two people lost their lives while five others were injured.
"A meeting is scheduled on September 4 with the authorities at the NGT to discuss about the proposed new landfill site, spread over 150 acres, in outer Delhi, as an alternative to the Ghazipur site," said East Delhi Mayor Neema Bhagat.
According to officials, the 60 meter high landfill site at Ghazipur was saturated by 2002, and the civic body has been,"looking for an alternative site for long time, but a clearance from the NGT is needed before allowing of any site by the DDA."
The EDMC manages the landfill site that was started in 1984 and is spread over 29 acres. According to officials, the permissible height for a garbage dump is 20 metres. In light of the accident on Friday, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has imposed a ban on dumping of garbage at the Ghazipur landfill site on Saturday, with the waste meant for it now being diverted to a temporary site in Ranikhera near the Delhi- Haryana border.
Earlier, a decision was taken to divert the garbage to Bhalswa landfill site (about 50-metre high), but as it is already used way beyond its saturation, a new site was identified, a civic official said on Friday.
"The NHAI has assured the L-G that it will begin the process of lifting, segregating and processing of the solid waste by November 2017, for its use in road construction," the L-G's office had said. The other major dumping sites in the city are in Okhla and Narela-Bawana.
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- In November 2016, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation had signed an MoU with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to use the solid waste from the site in the construction of Delhi-Meerut Expressway, a section of the NH-24.
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