New Delhi, May 13 -- In a bid to reduce the fresh waste load on the Ghazipur landfill, a 10-acre plot near the Integrated Freight Complex has been handed over to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for setting up a new waste processing facility, senior municipal officials said. The civic body has also sought three acres in each of the 12 administrative zones for processing fresh waste and developing large material recovery centres.

A senior MCD official said that after several follow-ups, the corporation managed to secure 10 acres from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). "The site, located next to the paper market in Ghazipur, will be used for establishing the city's fresh waste processing plant. The proposed facility will have t...