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

Officials said that laboratory tests of water quality will be done every month to monitor improvements at the site.

MCD working on 4 new waste processing units in Delhi

The four facilities are to come up in Bawana, Singhola, and at the reclaimed lands at Bhalswa and Okhla landfills.

DDA plans to start Bhalswa lake conservation

Bhalswa Lake was formed from a meandering loop left behind by the Yamuna, and is encroached by landfill, settlements and the Bhalswa Dairy colony

Waste to wonder: Why redeveloping landfills is worth doing

This article is authored by Shishir Priyadarshi, President, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi.

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

LG said that the site has been developed under the central government’s Swachh Bharat Mission 1.0 at the cost of ₹42.3 crore

LG, CM launch Delhi’s first engineered landfill site

Despite biomining efforts, the three landfills still have 17.2 million tonnes of garbage, progress reports submitted to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee show

Greater Noida to hire new agency for road cleaning

Residents have often complained that sanitation workers clean the service road and leave the garbage on the roadside. After that, the garbage is spread around by passing vehicles causing hygiene issues

CIDCO seeks expert guidance to manage solid waste

Of the total seven landfill cells available for disposal of inert material, officials said that five cells are scientifically closed as these have reached their capacity limits.

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

Street lights will be installed in every nook and corner of city. Besides, CCTV cameras would be installed under the smart city project, says Sushma Kharakwal

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

In a bitterly-contested campaign for Sunday’s municipal elections, the three landfill sites came into sharp focus as parties traded barbs, insults and allegations.

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

Observation is the second in a series of exclusive satellite images documenting global methane releases Bloomberg Green will publish during the COP27 climate talks

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

<ul><li>BJP MP Gautam Gambhir, under whose constituency the Ghazipur landfill site falls in east Delhi, said on Twitter that he visited the venue eight times in the past three years since 2019 and despite asking Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal multiple times to visit there, he did not.</li></ul>

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

According to a statement from L-G office, this feat was achieved due to bold decisions, out- of-box ideas, innovative steps and constant monitoring by L-G Office.

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

The civic body has invited bids from private vendors to install and operate the camera surveillance system. The live feed from the system will be made available to sanitation department officials, a corporation official said.

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

On Thursday, the day before the incident, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai inspected the site and announced that a nine-point action plan was being chalked out to prevent fires at the site.

Delhi LG seeks plan to flatten landfills in city

In a move that may help speed up the flattening of the trash mountains, Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxwena asked the MCD officials to regularly put out in public domain the reduction in height of the trash mountains achieved at the three sites.

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

Firefighters struggle to extinguish a blaze at the Bhalswa landfill site in New Delhi.

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

As many as 40 firefighters and ten fire engines had been rushed to the Bhalswa landfill site on Tuesday.

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

<ul><li>As many as 10 fire tenders of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) have been on the spot, trying to douse the flames since 5.45pm. A senior north MCD official said the corporation has deployed excavators to dump sand on the source of the fire.</li></ul>

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

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai said teams from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and corporations will travel to Mumbai to check on the working model of this system.

Ghazipur landfill burns for 3rd time in a month

<ul><li>Several residents of the nearby Mulla colony, located about 500 metres away from the landfill, and those residing in several housing societies around the massive mountain of garbage, complained of difficulty in breathing and itching in the eyes.</li></ul>

HC asks agencies for report on landfill fires

<ul><li>A bench of acting chief justice Vipin Sanghi and justice Navin Chawla, while hearing a 2015 suo motu plea on air pollution, sought to know the reasons for the blaze and steps taken to extinguish it.</li></ul>

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

Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai also sought action against officials on duty at the time of the incident.

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

<ul><li>An FIR has been registered against unknown people who were responsible for the fire incident. The Delhi government has called for action against the on-duty MCD employees and officers.</li></ul>

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

Nine fire tenders are at the spot to bring the blaze under control, an official of the fire department said.

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The high rises of Mumbai we are blind to

16 million tonnes of waste, 314 acres, 8 mountains some as high as 18-storey buildings; people who reside in its foothills, depend on the metropolis’s cast offs, made ill by its toxic gases. The 122-year-old Deonar landfill is a problem that’s grown too large to ignore. HT speaks to journalist Saumya Roy, whose book Mountain Tales: Love and Loss in the Municipality of Castaway Belongings digs deep into the problem.