India, Sept. 11 -- Karol Bagh Zone of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi removed about 6,333 metric tonnes of legacy waste from railway corridors through a partnership with the Railway Department.

Several waste sites were inside active railway premises, where conventional municipal vehicles and road-based machinery could not operate.

MCD used BRN railway wagons for the first time to transport legacy waste directly through the railway network.

The initiative offers a replicable model for clearing waste from restricted-access urban spaces through joint planning, shared infrastructure and coordinated public-sector action.

Legacy waste accumulation along railway corridors represents a complex urban sanitation challenge, particularly where...