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GARBAGE FIRES IN DELHI
Delhi: Garbage fires blaze rising air pollution crisisDelhi observed a 38% rise in garbage fires in October and November compared to last year, driven by negligence and reckless behavior such a...
India's ragpickers: A miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heatIndia generates at least 62 million tons of waste annually, according to central government records, and some of its landfills are literal ...
"Causes are natural but there is corruption behind this": Delhi BJP chief over Ghazipur landfill fireDelhi BJP chief alleges AAP corruption in the Ghazipur landfill fire incident, demanding investigation and accountability. He promises swif...
Former AAP councillor climbs tower after party denied him MCD polls ticketIt has been alleged that former AAP councillor Haseeb-ul-Hasan was unhappy after the party denied him a ticket for the upcoming MCD electio...
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...
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...
Fire at Ghazipur landfill site, no casualty: OfficialsAam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kuldeep Kumar posted a video purportedly of the fire incident on Twitter on Saturday. "Ghazipur's mountain of gar...
Delhi to have summer action plan to fight pollution: Gopal Rai"We have decided to prepare a summer action like we have in winter to fight air pollution. Agencies concerned have been asked to prepare th...
Ghazipur fire: Delhi Environment minister asks pollution panel to impose Rs 50 lakh fine on EDMC"We had asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to submit a fact-finding report. They have submitted a detailed report today which poin...
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...
Fire breaks out in garbage treatment plant at Delhi's Safdarjung hospitalA call about the fire was received at 12.55 pm after which seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot, said Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fi...
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.
'Green' Dwarka is Delhi's new pollution hotspotDwarka's Air Quality Index on Monday was 325, classified as "very poor" and just one point below Anand Vihar (326).
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.
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...
Act against waste burning in open: Delhi govt to civic bodiesIn view of the alarming pollution levels, Delhi govt has once again written to all the civic bodies and the DDA to check burning of waste i...
Swachh Delhi app: Clean mess but not at cost of air, say expertsThe Swachh Delhi app may have been launched to make the city cleaner but experts caution that the cleanliness should not be at the cost of ...