Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena reviewed the progress of works on bio-mining and disposal of legacy waste at the three landfill sites of MCD at Okhla, Ghazipur and Bhalswa. The meeting was attended by senior officials of MCD and the Delhi Government.
Legacy waste that include Inert, C&D and RDF,at the 03 sites that was being disposed at the rate of 1.41 Lakh MT / month in June, 2022 went up to 6 Lakh MT / month by November, 2022 and is currently being bio-mined at a rate of 7.5 - 8 Lakh MT / month with daily remediation figures touching 25,000-26,500 MT / day.
Setting a goal of disposing 12 Lakh MT / month, the L-G instructed that concessionaires be encouraged and directed to achieve their total capacity of 10,800 MT / day at Bhalswa, 21,000 MT / day at Okhla and 6,800 MT / day at Ghazipur. This will result in a monthly disposal of 11.40 Lakh MT / month, the L-G underlined. He further observed that while works at Bhalswa and Okhla were going on in a satisfactory manner, those at Ghazipur were lagging. He instructed officials to get the same rectified at the earliest.