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Waste from Delhi's Bhalswa landfill site 'falls' on nearby houses, police say teams checking claimWaste from the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi fell onto adjacent houses, causing damage but no injuries, according to locals. Congress leader De...
'We are left to die here,' say Ghazipur residents, blame 'politicians' for landfillAccording to the Delhi Fire Service, the landfill witnessed a big fire Sunday evening due to the gases produced in the massive mountain of ...
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...
MCD's engineering landfill site work expected to be completed by Apr 2023: BudgetThe civic body's budget was presented by Municipal Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti to its Special Officer a few days ago, and a copy of the bud...
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...
Municipal Corporation of Delhi to deploy drones to survey landfill sitesThe national capital has three landfill sites - Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla - that have turned into huge garbage mountains. A plan in this...
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...
Biomining of legacy waste, waste-to-energy plants among steps MCD taking to flatten landfillsThe national capital has three landfill sites -- Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla -- that have turned into huge garbage mountains. According to...
Fire rages at north Delhi landfill siteA fire at a Bhalswa landfill site in north Delhi raged for nearly a day, and efforts to douse it were continuing on Wednesday afternoon.
Entire garbage at Ghazipur landfill site will be processed by Dec 2024: Gautam GambhirAbout 3,000 metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste at Ghazipur landfill site is being processed daily. So far about 3 lakh MT of legacy waste h...
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.
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.
Delhi LG Anil Baijal bans garbage dumping in GhazipurA day after a portion of the waste dump, estimated to be as high as a 15-storey building, collapsed, killing two persons, Baijal held a mee...
Landfill sites filling up fast, Delhi LG suggests using waste for making highwaysIn Delhi, there are three landfill sites - Bhalaswa (North Delhi), Ghazipur (East Delhi) and Okhla (South Delhi), which are on the brink of...
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...
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.
20MMT garbage in city, Delhi may soon become landfill: Delhi High CourtCourt noted that in 2008 total garbage in landfill sites in Delhi was estimated to be around 5 MMT and with 2.8 MMT being generated annuall...