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
In three years time, Ghazipur landfill will be decimated totally: Gautam Gambhir"As a parliamentarian, it is my duty to ensure that the Prime Minister's vision of Swachh Bharat is fulfilled and cleanliness in my area is...
21 Dec, 2022, 08.46 PM IST
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...
14 Dec, 2022, 09.35 AM 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
CBI, ED unnecessarily troubling everyone, don't understand what liquor scam is: Arvind KejriwalAddressing a press conference, the chief minister said the Lieutenant Governor, the CBI and the BJP have quoted varying amounts of money in...
16 Sep, 2022, 12.39 PM IST
Municipal Corporation of Delhi inks MoU with JK cement to lift RDF waste from landfillsDelhi Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena flagged off five trucks on Monday carrying approximately 100 million tonnes (MT) of RDF waste from the ...
30 Aug, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
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...
11 Jun, 2022, 05.23 PM IST
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
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
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...
01 Mar, 2017, 09.11 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
- Waste not: It means more power
The MCD and NDMC have undertaken composting of solid waste by enhancing capacity at their present plants under one project and converting i...
09 Apr, 2008, 05.02 PM IST
- MCD to generate power from garbage
Garbage dumps in the capital would soon be put to good use with the MCD planning to set up gas plants in the landfills to generate electric...
20 Feb, 2008, 07.46 PM IST