New Delhi, April 23 -- Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has written a letter to Secretary of the Forest and Environment Department seeking a report on the Ghazipur landfill site fire within 48 hours.

"An incident of massive landfill fire has been reported from Ghazipur Landfil site on Sunday evening, adversely affecting the environment of the nearby areas. On the incident, a detailed report be submitted with 48 hours covering the following aspects: a. Cause of the fire and immediate steps taken by various agencies to douse it. b. During the previous years, such fire incidents were also reported and after visiting the sites, I have issued various directions to prevent such incidents in future. Subsequently, Department issued some guid...