In the wake of acute shortage of landfill sites in the national Capital, the Delhi Development Authority on Wednesday cleared seven sites for solid waste management facility. The housing-cum-land owing agency released seven sites in areas like Dwarka, Maidangarhi and Rohini.
The sites were cleared by DDA Vice-Chairman Balvinder Kumar in its 7th Technical Committee Meeting held at the authority’s office. Out of these seven sites, five sites will be given to South Delhi Municipal Corporation, one to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and other two to North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC). “The total area under these sites will be 1,07,300 square metres of land. The solid waste shall include construction, demolition and kitchen waste material and so on,” said a DDA official.
“The breakup of the sites is that three sites, totaling an area of 12 acres at Dwarka as well as two sites totaling eight acres in J zone Maidangarhi near IGNOU have been cleared for SDMC. The other two sites totaling 6.5 acres are at Rohini which will be given to NMC and DMRC and eventually be returned by DMRC to NMC,” informed the official.
The requirement of the change of land use of these sites was cleared by the Technical Committee in its meeting on Wednesday. The sites were identified after undertaking joint inspections by concerned Chief Engineers and the Vice-Chairman, DDA and also Municipal Corporations.