waste treatment

PTI -January 7, 2022

SDMC to set up Engineered Sanitary Landfill Site’ for scientific garbage disposal

SDMC to set up Engineered Sanitary Landfill Site’ for scientific garbage disposal

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation will be setting up and Engineered Sanitary Landfill Site’ at Tehkhand at an estimated cost of Rs 42.3 crore to solve the problem of garbage disposal SDMC commissioner Gyanesh Bharti said the site will become operational by March 2023. He said it will be the city’s first engineered sanitary landfill […]

MAYANK JAIN PARICHHA -November 3, 2020

The clouds over Delhi are toxic waste overhang. Can citizens and MCDs come to its rescue?

The clouds over Delhi are toxic waste overhang. Can citizens and MCDs come to its rescue?

WtE plants were introduced in Delhi a decade ago to resolve the city’s waste problem. But it’s done more harm than good Looming above the DDA residential colony of Sukhdev Vihar is the Timarpur – Okhla Waste management Company Ltd’s  waste-to-energy (WtE) incineration plant that burns over 2,000 tonnes of unsegregated municipal solid waste (MSW) […]