Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday visited all three landfill sites at Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa and took stock of the progress of the ongoing waste remediation and disposal works.
The Lt Governor expressed satisfaction over the pace that bio-remediation and disposal of Solid Waste from the three dumping sites had picked up since his first visit, immediately after he took over on May 29, 2022. In an official statement, the LG secretariat said, “While average remediation/disposal stood at 1.41 lakh MT/month in May 2022, it raised up to 6 lakh MT/month by October 2022, and ever since the new concessionaires had been engaged in November 2022, the pace had further picked up. As of now, the numbers being achieved will ensure remediation at 30,000 MT/day and 9 lakh MT/month, very soon.”
LG Saxena was accompanied by the Chief Secretary of Delhi, the Commissioner of MCD and senior officials of MCD during the inspection, the statement read. The LG also visited Bhalswa Lake during his inspection tour.
The National Green Tribunal vide order dated February 16, 2023, in the matter of “Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and other Environmental Issues” has constituted a Solid Waste Monitoring Committee (SWMC) headed by Lt Governor.
