Aafrin Kidwai 
The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) has started capping work at the Kuberpur landfill site.
The landfill site is spread over 42 acres of land and a drone survey estimates that is contains 8.5 lakh metric tonne of municipal solid waste. The Times of India reports that the capping work will be completed within a year. A park will be developed in five acres over the capped space.
AMC will also start work on a waste-to-energy (WtE) plant by the end of the year. A Czech company, Spark Bresson Private Limited has been roped in for this purpose. In October 2017, a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) was signed between the UP Power Corporation Limited to set up and operate the WtE facility.
Picture Caption: anonymous, Taj Mahal in India, CC BY 2.0
