India, July 11 -- The Moshi garbage depot accident has triggered a waste collection crisis in Pimpri-Chinchwad, disrupting door-to-door collection in several parts of the city. As access to the facility remained cut off, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had to identify temporary sites to store the daily waste generated across its jurisdiction, civic officials said.

Waste collection operations have been severely affected starting Thursday because vehicles could not enter the Moshi depot after a massive garbage mound collapsed onto the administrative building of the waste-to-energy plant on Wednesday. The access road to the depot remains blocked due to the ongoing rescue operation for eight people feared trapped beneath th...