Aafrin Kidwai The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Chief Secretary and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi to look into the issue of availability of suitable land for solid waste management at Ranikhera in north west Delhi.
The NGT disposed a plea filed by the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) seeking review of its earlier order that commercial buildings cannot be developed on sites available for waste management.
The NGT order said the issue of availability of suitable land for solid waste management has to be first sorted out by the Chief Secretary and the Lieutenant Governor and if the said authorities take a decision on such issue, it will be open to the DSIIDC’s move.
The Tribunal had earlier directed that availability of land for waste management being a necessity, commercial buildings be not developed on available sites for waste management. Till the sites are earmarked and finalized for being utilized for management of solid municipal waste in Delhi including setting up of a landfill site, composting, RDF plant and Waste to Energy Plant, all the authorities including Delhi Development Authority, DSIIDC, Corporation shall not place or award work for building up of any commercial building in the lands which have been referred to for the site, the NGT had said in its 2017 order.
