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...
03 Jun, 2022, 03.49 PM IST
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...
13 Dec, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Increase capacity of waste to energy plants: Lt Governor Anil Baijal to civic bodiesThe L-G directed the EDMC to immediately take up expansion of the capacity of the existing waste to energy plant and in the first phase, sa...
05 Sep, 2017, 09.39 PM IST
NGT raps AAP government for killing people under hill of garbageA bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar rapped the AAP government and civic bodies for not discharging their statutory obligations.
04 Sep, 2017, 01.00 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
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...
02 Sep, 2017, 04.58 PM IST
Cave-in at East Delhi's Ghazipur landfill; two deadOfficials said that both the bodies had been recovered and a search and rescue operation was on.
01 Sep, 2017, 05.54 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
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
Dutch firm to study feasibility of Bhalaswa SLF reclamationTenders will be issued soon for preparing the Bhalaswa site for reclaiming it and also for generation of electricity from garbage dumped th...
03 Jan, 2016, 12.05 PM IST
Prime Minister's Office takes note of Gujarat students' plaint to clear garbage dump siteThe suggestion came from a group of students led by Ananya Garg of Delhi Public School when she decided to write to the Prime Minister on t...
05 Nov, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
Green tribunal seeks trash disposal reportThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to submit a report on compliance of authoriza...
13 Oct, 2015, 07.23 AM IST
Delhi clean-up drive stutters over slow pace of garbage disposalThe rain played spoilsport for sometime and the clean-up operation had to be called off, with the stench only becoming stronger.
14 Jun, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
Land meant for park turns dump yard; residents affectedResidents of an upmarket neighbourhood in Bengaluru suffer an unbearable stench as civic workers dump garbage and construction debris regul...
02 Jun, 2015, 10.56 AM IST
NGT directs Kejriwal government to ensure garbage is not dumped on roadsNGT’s direction came a day after environment minister Javadekar made it clear that keeping Delhi clean was the responsibility of the state ...
02 Apr, 2015, 10.26 AM IST
- Wet waste at Taleigao ‘dry’ site could poison water table
The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has been dumping wet waste at the quarry at Taleigao, which was cleared for dry garbage alone.
20 Jul, 2011, 05.14 AM IST
- As CWG nears, officials jittery over bird menace at IGI
Illegal slaughter houses and heaps of waste around the IGI airport aiding the bird menace are giving sleepless nights to Delhi government o...
29 Aug, 2010, 10.48 AM IST