Aafrin Kidwai 
Following the National Green Tribunal’s ultimatum to reduce the height of the three landfills in Okhla, Ghazipur and Bhalswa, the three respective Delhi municipal corporations are planning to install 33 trommel machines, with a capacity to segregate at least 300 metric tonnes of waste daily. At present 28 million tonne waste is lying at the three landfills.
The Times of India reports that the South Delhi Municipal Corporation has installed one trommel machine of 300 metric tonne capacity for bio-mining of legacy waste at Okhla landfill. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has installed a 600-tonne trommel machine at Ghazipur landfill while the North Delhi Municipal Corporation claims to have installed 11 machines of which three are operational and helping in biomining 900 tonnes of waste everyday. However, lack of space to dump the segregated waste is proving to be a challenge for the three civic bodies.
Picture Credit: Ceicgrp10, Trommel Screen, CC BY-SA 3.0
