Ghazipur landfill site fire: In a statement, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that as a result of the fire at the landfill site, smoke has engulfed the entire area, causing inconvenience to residents and businesses.
Delhi: Kejriwal said Bhalswa landfill site has about 60-65 lakh tonnes of municipal waste spread over 72 acres, and besides legacy waste, 2,000 tonnes of fresh waste is getting added daily to the massive dump.
Authorities said they got a call in regards to the incident at around 1:30 pm, following which 13 fire tenders and the mechanical machine were squeezed to the spot to put out the blazes.
Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday blamed "corruption" in the Municipal Corporation for the frequent fires at landfills in the city.
EDMC standing committee chairman Beer Singh Panwar said the fire was caused due to high temperatures as plastic is one of the major components of the legacy waste and methane keeps getting generated.
The NGT had on May 29 put a stay on the dumping of garbage and municipal waste at the site, heeding to a plea of residents, and instructed the authority to instead dispose the waste at another identified site in Sector 123.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday, directing the state land and building department (LBD) to start acquiring seven sites identified to dump the city's daily garbage, also sought a status report detailing steps taken
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