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DDA plans ₹1.2 cr project to clean up Bhalswa lake, improve water hygiene

Bhalswa lake polluted with garbage dumped. (File photo)
delhi news
Published on Nov 29, 2025 04:10 am IST

MCD working on 4 new waste processing units in Delhi

There are currently three saturated landfills in the city, in Ghazipur, Bhalswa, and Okhla. (HT Archive)
delhi news
Published on Nov 04, 2025 08:25 am IST

DDA plans to start Bhalswa lake conservation

Garbage and dairy waste in Bhalswa Lake in April 2025. (HT Archive)
delhi news
Published on Aug 03, 2025 06:36 am IST

Waste to wonder: Why redeveloping landfills is worth doing

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Landfill (HT PHOTO)
governance
Published on May 05, 2025 06:28 pm IST

Delhi LG, CM Kejriwal launch capital’s first engineered landfill site

VK Saxena and Arvind Kejriwal at the inauguration of the engineered landfill site at on Tuesday. (Raj K Raj/HT photo)
delhi news
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 01:00 am IST

LG, CM launch Delhi’s first engineered landfill site

Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the city’s first engineered landfill site. (HT PHOTO.)
delhi news
Updated on Mar 13, 2024 05:12 am IST

Greater Noida to hire new agency for road cleaning

Currently, the authority has engaged another agency for the mechanical sweeping of city roads. And the responsibility of cleaning the service roads running parallel to the city roads lies with the sanitation workers who clean the service roads. (HT Archive)
noida news
Updated on Feb 09, 2024 06:10 am IST

CIDCO seeks expert guidance to manage solid waste

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mumbai news
Updated on Jan 24, 2024 05:04 pm IST

I have a vision for Lucknow’s development: BJP mayoral candidate

Bharatiya Janata Party’s mayoral candidate from Lucknow Sushma Kharakwal. (HT file)
lucknow news
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 11:25 pm IST

Forget wiping landfills, basics absent: Delhi voters around 3 trash mountains

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People pose for a photograph near the Ghazipur landfill after casting their vote on Sunday. (PTI)
delhi news
Updated on Dec 06, 2022 09:09 am IST

Air pollution: Satellite image shows methane cloud near landfill in India

A cloud of methane near a waste site in India.
environment
Published on Nov 07, 2022 01:33 pm IST

BJP's Gambhir tweets old letter to Kejriwal amid Ghazipur row: ‘Chunav mendak…’

BJP's east Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir called AAP supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal "liar in chief Kejriwal".
delhi news
Updated on Oct 27, 2022 04:21 pm IST

Delhi L-G office says Capital's landfill sites went down by 462% in just 4 mths

Legacy waste at the three landfill sites at Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla stood at 229.1 lakh million tonnes (mt) in May 2022, when VK Saxena took over as L-G.
delhi news
Published on Oct 12, 2022 09:15 pm IST

MCD to upgrade surveillance at Ghazipur landfill site in bid to curb blazes

There are currently 17 cameras over 70 acres of the landfill, and the municipality intends to install another 20 CCTV cameras at critical areas at the garbage dump.(Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times)
delhi news
Updated on Aug 08, 2022 04:11 am IST

Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill in flames again; blaze doused after 9-hour effort

New Delhi: People look on as smoke billows from a fire at Bhalswa landfill, in New Delhi, Friday, June 3, 2022. (PTI Photo)
delhi news
Published on Jun 04, 2022 01:14 am IST

Delhi LG seeks plan to flatten landfills in city

Newly-appointed Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)
delhi news
Updated on May 30, 2022 06:12 am IST

Videos show Delhi’s Bhalswa landfill site fire raging for 4th day

Firefighters douse a fire at Bhalswa landfill, in New Delhi.
india news
Published on Apr 29, 2022 01:12 pm IST

₹50 lakh fine on north Delhi municipal body over Bhalswa landfill site blaze

A view of the fire that broke out at the Bhalswa landfill site in north Delhi on Tuesday (PTI)
delhi news
Published on Apr 28, 2022 04:13 pm IST

Bhalswa fire: Gopal Rai asks Delhi pollution panel to submit report in 24 hours

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai. (ANI/File)
delhi news
Updated on Apr 26, 2022 11:12 pm IST

Ghazipur fire: Tech used in Mumbai may be deployed in Delhi landfill

There have been at least three fire incidents at the landfill in the last month, starting from March 28. (Raj K Raj/HT)
delhi news
Updated on Apr 22, 2022 05:47 am IST

Ghazipur landfill burns for 3rd time in a month

Smoke billows from a fire at the Ghazipur landfill site, in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (Photo by Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times)
delhi news
Published on Apr 21, 2022 04:02 am IST

HC asks agencies for report on landfill fires

Smoke billows from the Ghazipur landfill where fires broke out at the landfill on March 28 and April 9. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)
delhi news
Published on Apr 14, 2022 05:52 am IST

Delhi govt to fine East MCD ₹50L over Ghazipur landfill fire

Smoke billows from Ghazipur landfill site. (HT)
delhi news
Published on Mar 31, 2022 02:21 am IST

Delhi govt directs ₹50 lakh fine on MCD over Ghazipur landfill fire

Firefighters douse a fire at the Ghazipur landfill site, in on Tuesday. (Ajay Aggarwal /HT)
delhi news
Published on Mar 30, 2022 03:30 pm IST

Fire breaks out at Delhi's Ghazipur landfill site; govt demands report

Flames and smoke rise from a fire at Ghazipur Landfill, in New Delhi, Monday.
delhi news
Published on Mar 28, 2022 06:22 pm IST

North corp to set up second waste to energy plant in Rani Khera

Rising over 50 metres (beyond the permissible height of 20 metres), the landfill exhausted its lifespan in 2006.
delhi news
Updated on Nov 29, 2020 11:20 pm IST

MPCB warns PMC against dumping fresh waste at garbage depot

PMC has landfill site at Uruli Devachi and Phursungi.
pune news
Updated on Aug 20, 2020 05:33 pm IST

Seven-day ‘Garbage-Free Delhi’ campaign to help clean up city

According to municipal estimates, Delhi produces over 10,817 metric tonnes of garbage daily. Most of this waste makes its way to the three landfill sites — Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla.
delhi news
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 12:59 am IST

Plan to make Lucknow a filth-free city by October 2

The corporation would purchase 500 big dustbins that would be placed at various spots while 500 mid-sized dustbins would be placed in main markets and other public places.
lucknow news
Updated on Aug 19, 2019 12:48 am IST

Noida’s sanitary landfill site not identified in a year

Noida’s waste management woes are unlikely to end anytime soon as a high-level committee, formed to identify a sanitary landfill site for the city, has failed to do so even after a year.
noida news
Updated on Aug 13, 2019 01:06 am IST
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