NGT orders Ghaziabad to clear undesignated landfill

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) to clear civic waste dumped in an undesignated landfill in Indirapuram’s Shakti Khand area. The Tribunal gave 30 days to the civic body to clear 1.5 lakh tonnes of waste lying at the site.

The website Indialegallive.com reports that the 30,000 sqm of land was originally allotted for a sewage treatment plant. However, over past years, the area was converted  into one big dumping yard. At present the mountain of waste is approximately 15ft high.

The green tribunal also ordered a special committee to identify other such dumpsites in a month, which will have to be cleared within a month after they have been identified.