The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has received an order for more than 10,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of inert and Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste from private entities, out of which 8421.75 MTs has already been lifted from the dumping sites.
This comes following the directions of the Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena to utilise the C&D waste inert at the three garbage dumping sites.
According to the statement released by the Raj Niwas, the idea was to address the issue of accumulated C&D and inert waste at the three dumping sites of the MCD by appealing to the industry, contractors, road constructing agencies, builders and individuals in Delhi-NCR to pick up and use this reusable waste free of cost.
“The appeal first made on July 21 and later on August 4 has borne fruitful and encouraging results with people of Delhi-NCR as well as various agencies warming up to the idea of recycling the C&D waste and inert for their own use and ordering 10,500 MTs in less than one month,” it read.
“The L-G had also asked to other government agencies involved in building and road construction like Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Public Works Department (PWD), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and Central Public Works Department (CPWD), etc. to start using inert and C&D waste for their activities. DDA and PWD have already decided to use the same,” it stated. “This exercise by MCD has effected a win-win situation for all stakeholders, which is resulting in three pronged benefits. While it is saving costs for MCD as well as people/agencies utilizing the waste, it is also ensuring that the height of the garbage mounds gets reduced,” the statement said.
“Encouraged by these results, the LG has directed the MCD to further augment engagement with concerned stakeholders and reiterate its appeal to them so that the process of off take of C&D waste and inert could be expedited. It may be noted that the LG himself is steering engagements with various government and private agencies and organizations to ensure reuse and recycling of the legacy waste in the City,” it read.
“Due to continuous dumping for the last 35-40 years, heaps of garbage at these landfill sites have turned into garbage ‘mountains’ of 50 to 60 meters height, containing 280 lakh tonnes of garbage,” the statement further added.