Aiming to remove 50 lakh MT garbage from Bhalswa landfill by March next year: CM KejriwalThe Delhi government's target is to remove 50 lakh metric tonnes of garbage from the Bhalswa landfill by March next year. Chief Minister Ar...
16 Mar, 2023, 03.34 PM IST
Our target is to clear all three landfill sites in Delhi by December 2024: CM Arvind KejriwalDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday visited the Okhla landfill site and said the target is to clear the city of all three mounta...
03 Mar, 2023, 07.48 PM IST
All 3 garbage hills in Delhi will be cleared within a year if AAP voted to power in civic polls: party leaderPathak hit out at the BJP-led Centre over deployment of police near the landfill site, accusing it of giving priority to the safety of the ...
16 Sep, 2022, 05.20 PM IST
Will 'beautify' Delhi if get control of MCD: Arvind Kejriwal"People living in the vicinity of these landfill sites are affected by the foul smell emanating from these garbage mounds and a host of oth...
16 Sep, 2022, 02.44 PM IST
Fire breaks out at Delhi's Bhalswa landfill siteThis year, three incidents of fire were reported in east Delhi's Ghazipur landfill site, including the one on March 28 which was finally do...
03 Jun, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
24 hours on, firefighting at Delhi's Bhalswa landfill site continuesA massive fire broke out at the Bhalswa landfill on Tuesday evening. Several videos showed the blaze churning out dense plumes of smoke and...
27 Apr, 2022, 09.49 PM IST
Delhi among top three states with most contaminated sites, says Pollution Control BoardThere are 112 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous substances. Besides, there are 168 sites that may be contaminated but requ...
07 Mar, 2021, 11.24 AM IST
Delhi's air quality deteriorates, slides towards 'severe'The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded the overall Air Quality Index of Delhi at 358 this morning, which falls in the 'very po...
26 Oct, 2018, 11.18 AM IST
Delhi's air quality slips to 'very poor', firefighting continues at Bhalswa landfillThe Centre-run System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) also reported an AQI in the 'very poor' category.
24 Oct, 2018, 01.17 PM IST
Delhi's air quality index stays in 'poor' categoryThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded the city's overall AQI at 252 at 11 am.
23 Oct, 2018, 02.26 PM IST
After L-G bans Ghazipur site, waste to be dumped at RanikheraThe decisions were taken a day after a portion of Ghazipur's mountainous landfill collapsed killing two persons and injuring five others.
02 Sep, 2017, 09.01 PM IST
NGT seeks report on 'mountain' dumps at landfill sitesA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the AAP government to apprise the tribunal of the steps it has taken to ...
17 Jul, 2017, 03.09 PM IST
Delhi smog: Every house in this locality has one person suffering from lung ailmentResidents of Bhalswa JJ colony live close to the site where nearly 2,700 tonnes of garbage is dumped from south and the north Delhi.
06 Nov, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
AAP to convert Bhalswa site into playground if it wins MCD pollsThere is a landfill site (Bhalswa) which has become like a mountain of garbage in the middle of the city. Congress had ruled for several ye...
21 May, 2016, 07.26 PM IST
FIR may be against North & East civic bodies by Delhi GovernmentBhalswa landfill site was commissioned in the year 1994 and Okhla in 1996 and none of them are designed as per the Municipal Solid Waste Ru...
21 Apr, 2016, 04.55 PM IST
Municipal bodies using landfill sites at risk of human lives: Economic SurveySouth Delhi Municipal Corporation produces 2700 MTD daily of which 1000 MTD goes to Bhalswa landfill site, also used by North MCD.
28 Jun, 2015, 02.59 PM IST
Sea of trash pollutes water, air in DelhiPeople living close to some of Delhi’s landfills are routinely exposed to extremely polluted air and those drinking groundwater from the ar...
24 May, 2015, 06.43 AM IST