India, Oct. 4 -- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said 217.17 lakh metric tonnes of waste had been disposed of from the Okhla, Bhalswa and Ghazipur landfill sites in the last 18 months, reclaiming nearly 100 acres of land, as she laid the foundation stone for new waste processing facilities.

The chief minister said her Government was working on two fronts - clearing legacy waste from existing landfill sites and ensuring that fresh waste generated every day was scientifically processed so that new garbage mountains do not take shape.

She was speaking during a visit to the Okhla landfill site, where she reviewed the progress of waste disposal and the capacity of new processing facilities. New waste processing plants with capacities ...