Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken has said the garbage generated in separate areas should be treated at the local level instead of dumping the garbage generated in East Delhi at Rani Khera or other places. Maken said there should not be any major landfills sites in Delhi. Also, he said he will meet the lieutenant-Governor, along with the people of Rani Khera, to find a way out to make Delhi a “zero landfill area”. He sought the cooperation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, asking them to rise above party politics, to make Delhi a “zero landfill city”.
Maken on Wednesday joined the protesters at Rani Khera, where thousands of Congress workers, led by him expressed their solidarity with the local people who were protesting against garbage dumping from East Delhi in the area. Maken said 9,000 tonnes of garbage are generated in Delhi every day out of which 5,600 tonnes are organic waste which can be treated at the local level to make composts.
Maken said the practice to segregate wastes in abroad start from homes and the organic waste is treated at the local levels to make composts, and the rest of the waste can be used differently it can similarly be applied in Delhi. He said Delhi generates 9,000 tonnes of waste every day which is dumped at landfills without treating and that is the reason for the existing landfills overflowing with garbage, creating mishaps, spreading diseases, polluting ground water and other health problems.