New waste mounds creep up on Capital

The emergence of new waste mounds is a major cause of concern and points to a larger problem of systemic inadequacy and inability to manage waste production

While civic agencies in the Capital have been focussed on tackling the three giant waste mountains plaguing the city, two new mounds have quietly been in the making on the outskirts of north Delhi — at Singhola and near Bawana.

The dumping site at Singhola. (Sanchit Khanna/HT)

With efforts lasting more than five years, more than 14.8 million tonne of legacy waste has been removed from the three waste mountains at Okhla,