New Delhi, June 26 -- Delhi's Minister for Urban Development Ashish Sood on Friday conducted an extensive inspection of the Ghazipur Landfill site and reviewed the ongoing progress of legacy waste remediation work with senior officials of the Municipal Corporation and the executing agency.
The Ghazipur landfill, spread over nearly 70 acres, has been operational since 1984. Despite directions issued by the National Green Tribunal in 2019, the dumpsite continued to expand over the years, reaching an estimated height of around 65 metres and becoming one of the country's largest "garbage mountains."Sood said the present Delhi government has adopted a mission-mode approach to scientifically eliminate legacy landfill sites, under the leadership ...