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The East Corporation on Wednesday passed a proposal to get rid of the heaps of garbage dumped at the saturated Ghazipur Landfill site and use the inert material for the construction of roads.
The project will also help in making space available for disposing of trash daily.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed by Ministry of Urban Development, National Highway Authority of India and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation for segregation and evacuation of waste from Ghazipur Landfill site.
The Ghazipur Landfill site was commissioned in 1984, and it "falls under the category of uncontrolled solid waste facility", said a report released by East Corporation. At present, over 2,000 metric tonnes of waste is being dumped at the landfill site daily due to unavailability of land for setting up of an alternative dumpyard.
The Ghazipur Landfill site covers an area of 29.62 Hectare and the average height of waste dumped there is 40 metres.
According to the proposal, the waste dumped at the site is “not suitable for compost”.
"The waste dumped at the Ghazipur site is not suitable for making compost as it has low organic content and presence of heavy metals," said an official with the East Delhi Municipal Corporation.
Since NHAI has the major role in taking away residual waste from the dumpyard, it will be the executing agency.
Officials with the East Corporation said that Ministry of Urban Development has showed interest in funding the project.
Delhi desperately needs more land to dump its ever increasing garbage as the three existing landfills reached saturation point long ago. Still, around 8,500 metric tonne solid waste is being dumped daily at these sites – Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla.
As many as five civic agencies deal with 8,370 metric tonne waste on a daily basis. While areas under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation generate 3,100 metric tonne per day (MTD) solid waste, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation is responsible to dispose off 2,700 metric tonne garbage daily. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation dumps 2,200 MTD waste at landfill site, the New Delhi Municipal Council takes care of 300 metric tonne solid waste whereas the Delhi Cantonment handles 70 MTD waste.
Of the 8,370 metric tonne of waste generated by the city daily, there is a provision to treat only 4,800 MTD. Of the total 2,200 MTD waste generated by the East Corporation, the upcoming waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur can treat waste up to 1,300 MTD waste. The plant has been permitted to run on trial for two months.