Officials said that Baijal emphasised on urgent need for intervention at landfill site and directed the Municipal Corporation to use modern technologies
Amidst confrontation over deteriorating sanitation condition between the municipal corporations and the Delhi government, Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday took stock of one of the city’s over flowing landfill sites.
Officials said that while Baijal emphasised on the urgent need for intervention at the landfill site and directed the Municipal Corporation to use modern technologies to resolve the problem at the earliest. “He stressed that efficient solid waste management strategies need to be implemented. He also directed the concerned agencies to work in coordination with Delhi Pollution Control Committee,” said an official.
He added that LG will also be taking a review meeting early next week regarding measures to be taken for proper solid waste management in the city including the issue of Bhalswa landfill site with concerned officers and agencies.
Bhalswa landfill site has constantly been on fire due to Methane emission at the site. However, the condition of other municipal landfills is not different either. Three of these sites have already exhausted their capacity. “Bhalaswa (40 acres), Ghazipur (70 acres) and Okhla (56 acres) have already exhausted, although the dumping continues due to lack of an alternative site. The Narela-Bawana (150 acres), still has space owing to being comparatively new,” said a municipal official.
As per a municipal estimate, Delhi currently requires 600 acres of land to effectively manage waste, however were only granted 324.60 acre of which only 150 acre was found to be of use for a sanitary landfill site.
Meanwhile, the municipal officials claim that while the landfill sites have reached dangerous limits, the first step towards a possible solution is ‘segregation’. “Source segregation is the first step towards managing the towering problem of waste. Segregated waste is easier to manage, as bio-degradable, recyclable etc,” said a senior official.
As per the municipal data, the national capital’s four garbage processing plants have a total daily processing capacity of 2,929 tonnes. “During 2013-14, only 41 per cent of the garbage and 47 per cent of C&D waste was processed, while the rest was dumped at sanitary landfill sites,” said a municipal official.
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