India, May 19 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has once again extended the deadline for clearing the Okhla landfill site - this time by three months till October 2026.

The newly appointed Bharatiya Janata Party-led Delhi government had previously committed that the Okhla landfill would be cleared by July and the Bhalswa site by December 2026.

A senior MCD official said the department has now revised the target to October 2026. "Dumping of fresh waste on the site has slowed down net progress. This revised target has been outlined in a report submitted to the Delhi government," the official said, adding that both legacy and fresh waste processing will now continue till October 2026.

According to an MCD report seen by HT, appro...