Aafrin Kidwai
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has announced an October deadline for the commissioning of a new waste-to-energy (WTE) plant at Tehkhand. It will use 2,000 tonnes of waste per day to generate 25 megawatts of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has resumed separate waste collection for COVID homes following a rise in cases. SDMC has hired a tipper for four to five wards and provided residents with a phone…
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South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) aims to sell carbon credits created by lowering its carbon footprint to organisations in other countries to enhance profits and improve its Swachhta Survekshan(SS) ranking. SDMC aims to establish a…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is awaiting a decision from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) regarding the dumping of inert civic waste in the capital’s abandoned Bhatti mines. The WII will conduct a…
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The three municipal corporations of Delhi have spent over ₹11,750 crore on sanitation and cleaning services in the Capital over the last five years. In an official reply to a question in the Delhi Assembly, South…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is setting up an engineered sanitary landfill site on a 47.5 acre piece of land allotted by the Delhi Development Authority at Tehkhand. Work is currently underway at the site.…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has constituted a committee to examine the billing and auditing of private concessionaires managing municipal waste collection and transportation in its zones. A panel has been appointed for the…
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South Delhi’s Tehkhand Waste to Energy plant will become operational by August next year, according to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) officials. The boilers being imported from China are expected to arrive later this year,…
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Three municipalities of New Delhi – North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations – have set targets to treat the waste piled up in their landfills. From bio-mining of legacy waste to setting up of…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation is reportedly exploring the use of inert material, produced during biomining of legacy waste at the Okhla landfill site, in the construction of roads and highways. The usage and durability…
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The competition to earn higher rankings in Swacch Survekshan 2021 is heating up. Various municipalities are deploying different strategies to motivate residents to segregate waste-at-source. Here’s how two of them are dealing with the issue:…
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In a decisive move, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has issued notices and challans to residents welfare association for non-segregation of waste at the source. 1400 notices were issued and 122 residents were fined for…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has received Rs 43 crore from the Centre under the urban development fund (UDF) scheme for the current financial year, part of which will be used for SWM projects. Rs…
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The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has started the process to change land use of a plot measuring 4.3 acres at Maidan Garhi in south Delhi for setting up a waste processing unit. The solid waste construction…
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In an effort to manage plastic waste and discourage the use of single-use plastic, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has launched an initiative called ‘Eco Hub on Wheels – One stop destination for Reducing,…
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According to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation, the WtE project planned for the village of Tekhand will have an envisioned intake capacity of 384,000tpy of waste. When operational, the facility will be able to produce…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has floated tender for a new Waste-to-Energy plant in Dwarka, following the directive to stop dumping waste at the existing landfill sites. The SDMC has already identified a plot…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has been allotted a 50-acre expanse of land in Tekhand, Delhi. According to The Times of India, this will be used for the development of a scientific landfill along with…
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Due to the increasing problem of waste management in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has announced that he directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to expedite the construction of a WtE plant as a…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has voted to construct a new biogas facility in the Najafgarh area in New Delhi. The plant should treat 150 tons of cattle waste and kitchen refuse per day, according…
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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has inaugurated five Fixed Compactor Transfer Stations (FCTS), which are supposed to supply its Okhla WtE plant. In the FCTS, segregated waste material undergoes compression and moisture extraction, preparing…
