India, Nov. 4 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to set up four new waste disposal facilities with a cumulative capacity of 5,100 tonne of waste per day (TPD), a senior civic official said. The four facilities are to come up in Bawana, Singhola, and at the reclaimed lands at Bhalswa and Okhla landfills.

"Floating of tenders for fresh waste processing has been approved at 1,800 TPD at Bhalswa over an area of 12 acres; 700 TPD at Singhola over 6.62 acres; 1,400 TPD at Okhla over 10 acres of reclaimed area, and 1,200 TPD on 10 acres in Bawana. The total capacity will be 5,100 TPD," an MCD report mentioned.

Officials said that the pace of biomining to flatten the three existing dumpsites at Ghazipur, Bhalswa, and Okhla ...