Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered an inquiry against concessionaire IEISL, which operates the Ghazipur Waste to Energy (WtE) Plant in Delhi. In an interim report to the tribunal, the panel ordered an investigation into…
Aafrin Kidwai
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has told the Delhi Assembly’s Environment Committee that clearing the Ghazipur dump will take at least ten years at full performance. The municipal government has also admitted that it…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi administration is petitioning the Central government for Rs 1,755 crore to clear three landfill sites in Ghazipur, Okhla, and Bhalswa, which are administered by the East, South, and North Delhi Municipal Corporations, respectively.…
Aafrin Kidwai
The second session on Day 2 of the CII’s Waste to Worth Conference focussed on ‘Sustainable Management of SCF/ RDF from MSW in Cement Kilns and WtE Plants. Moderated by Mr Ulhas Parlikar – Global Consultant –…
Aafrin Kidwai
Having spent more than a year clearing legacy waste using its own equipment, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has decided to speed-up the process by hiring a private contractor for the same. EDMC Commissioner…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against unidentified people in connection with the fire at Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi that started on Tuesday night and continued through Wednesday. As the landfill fire…
Moumita Bhattacharjee
The Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) inspection of three waste to energy plants in Delhi has resulted in the discovery of high cadmium levels in fly ash at Bawana and Ghazipur plants. A report was…
Aanchal Bansal
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has employed the Japanese method of Miyawaki urban forestry with the goal of turning the infamous garbage mountain at the Ghazipur landfill into a biodiversity park. A municipal official informed…
Aafrin Kidwai
A Parliamentary Committee has asked for urgent steps to tackle municipal waste at the Ghazipur landfill in East Delhi and recommended converting the site into a park. Newsclick.in reports that the Standing Committee on Urban…
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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…
