Aafrin Kidwai
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena recently visited the landfill sites at Ghazipur, Okhla, and Bhalswa to assess the progress of waste remediation and disposal efforts. The Lt. Governor expressed satisfaction with the increased pace of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to install a new surveillance system at the Ghazipur landfill in east Delhi to reduce fires and detect them early. Additional CCTV cameras will be placed at vulnerable…
Aafrin Kidwai
According to data submitted by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) there have been 76 fire calls from the three landfill sites (namely Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Tughlaqabad) in Delhi in the last four years. The report was submitted to a joint committee formed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to suggest next steps for the Ghazipur…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to involve three major stakeholders in order to reduce the burden of legacy waste from Bhalswa, Ghazipur, and Okhla landfills in a timely manner. It has finalised…
Aafrin Kidwai
According to data shared in Lok Sabha by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, nearly 64 fires were reported from Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill site between 2017 and 2022. The Ghazipur landfill had…
Aafrin Kidwai
The waste-to-energy (WTE) plant next to Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi has resumed operations after a gap of 6 months, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Mr Vinai Saxena announced. “Of the 2600 MT waste generated every day…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will use drones to map the elevation of landfills and monitor their height reduction, among other things. A similar pilot exercise was conducted a few months ago and yielded positive results. The move comes approximately a fortnight after LG Vinai Kumar Saxena…
Aafrin Kidwai
The waste-to-energy plant in Ghazipur will soon reopen after being closed for over six months for maintenance. The plant uses 1,400-1,500 metric tonnes of waste and refuse-derived fuel waste (RDF) each day. East Delhi Municipal…
Aafrin Kidwai
Increasing stocks of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) following the biomining of legacy waste is posing problems for full-fledged operation of trommel machines at Bhalswa and Ghazipur landfill sites. A North Delhi Municipal Corporation official informed The…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on three waste-to-energy (WtE) plants and a construction and demolition waste processing plant for contributing to air pollution. The East…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to take remedial action against the three waste-to-energy plants in Ghazipur, Okhla and Narela-Bawana. The CPCB had…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued a penalty of Rs 40 lakh to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) after a massive fire at the Ghazipur landfill site recently. The Delhi Environment Minister…
Aafrin Kidwai
Delhi’s three landfills at Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur have collectively caused nearly Rs 450 crore in damage to the environment, as calculated by a committee comprising National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Central Pollution Control Board…
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East Delhi Municipal Corporation has started work on filling the walls opposite the closed Ghazipur landfill site with art in a bid to improve its Swacch Bharat rankings. In the Swachch Survey 2020, Ghazipur ranked…
Aafrin Kidwai
Delhi has a new biogas plant at the Ghazipur landfill site. The plant holds a capacity to treat 15 tonnes of waste in a day producing 1500 units of energy daily. The plant will manage…
Aafrin Kidwai
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has employed 12 trommel machines to clear 2,400 tonnes of legacy waste at the Ghazipur landfill every day. East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir personally visited the site and shared a…
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The Daily Pioneer reports that Delhi Metro has announced to have started receiving 2 MWel from the 12 MW WtE plant located in Ghazipur, from June 2019. The RDF-fired plant, set up by East Delhi…
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Construction work at the WtE gasification project at the Ghazipur landfill has not commenced yet, as the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is waiting for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the competent ministry. In…
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According to The Daily Pioneer, the East Dheli Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has signed an agreement with Dheli-based waste processing company AG Dauters for the construction of a WtE gasification plant that will be fuelled with…
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The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is setting up its first biogas plant on two acres of land near the Ghazipur dairy. The proposed facility should have a capacity of 2 MWel by processing 100…
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In order to address the twin problem of waste disposal and power generation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) will set up a WtE plant on 50 acres of land at the Tehkhand area in…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) along with all civic and land agencies of Delhi have met on 3 February to decide on the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, as the New Indian Express reported. An official in…
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After a fire struck the Ghazipur landfill in East Delhi on 15 October, the local administration is now intensifying its efforts to build a new WtE facility at the Ghazipur site, NDTV reports. According to…
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After being on trial run for the past two months, the WtE plant at Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi shall be commissioned this month, as reported by The Hindustan Times. Once in operation the plant…
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In a visit to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) headquarters, Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal discussed on issues of solid waste management, The Hindu reports. The waste processing capacity of the WtE plant in Ghazipur should…
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As reported by The Hindu, the Indian capital is speeding up the process of increasing its incineration capacities. In accordance with Delhi’s administration, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation aims at building two new WtE plants…
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A few days after the collapse of the Ghazipur landfill, one of Delhi’s four landfills (state of Uttar Pradesh), the local government of the city of Greater Noida stated to be aiming at accelerating the…
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A committee led by the urban development secretary inspected the landfills of Bhalswa, Delhi region and Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. According to The Times of India, the inspection was directed by the National Green Tribunal in…
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A committee led by the urban development secretary inspected the landfills of Bhalswa, Delhi region and Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. This was reported by The Times of India. The inspection was directed by the National Green…
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The lieutenant governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi has asked the Delhi’s municipal corporations to produce new time schedules for their proposed WtE projects. WtE plants developed on behalf of the North Delhi…
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The Ghazipur WtE plant is still in trail operations. As stated, the facility was already completed several months ago, but the government has not yet granted an approval for operations. The plant is said to…
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India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered inspections of the delayed WtE plants in Ghazipur and Bawana, in order to prevent further delays of the commissioning process. The WtE facilities in Rajghat and Badarpur will…
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The Ghazipur WtE plant in East Delhi will enter test operation next month. The plant faced several delays since 2010 when one partner left the project (see also issue 2010-19). 1,300 tonnes of waste will…
