Three fire incidents, including one on March 28 that was extinguished after over 50 hours, were reported at the Ghazipur landfill in 2022.

The landfill will collect and treat the chemically toxic leachate

The Okhla site, hosting a staggering 45 lakh tonnes of waste, initiated the removal process in November of the previous year

Mayor Oberoi explained that specialised teams have been established to conduct comprehensive surveys of different localities, capturing images through the MCD application.

Kejriwal said he will visit the Okhla landfill site again to carry out an inspection on April 1.

Delhi has three sanitary landfill sites located at Ghazipur, Okhla, and Bhalswa. This proposed “engineering landfill site” will be city’s first such site.

Promises made before MCD polls to those near Ghazipur are meant to be broken

Private entities have lifted over 8,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of inert material and construction & demolition (C&D) waste from the three landfill sites of the capital at their own expenses, an official statement from the Lieutenant Governor’s office said on Thursday