lambasting the Ghazipur landfill site tragedy, Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken on Friday held Delhi Government and the BJP-ruled Municipal Corporations responsible for the tragedy.
Maken said that the accident was totally avoidable if the concerned authorities would have taken proper measures for an effective solid waste management in the city. The governance in Delhi has come to a standstill due to the constant bickering of the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. He further said that both these parties prefer to indulge in blame-game rather than concentrating on governance of the State.
"It is indeed a shame for the ruling Governments that an incident like this happens in the Capital of India, which indicates their complete apathy towards the welfare of its citizens," Maken said.
Maken also said that the city produce over 9,000 tonnes of garbage every day as per the Delhi Pollution Control Committee report in which the North MCD produces 4,200 tonnes, South MCD produces 2,850 tonnes and East MCD produces 2,200 tonnes of garbage daily. "Of this, more than 40 per cent of garbage remains untreated and is dumped in overflowing landfills at Narela-Bawana, Bhalaswa, Okhla and Ghazipur. These landfills pose both long-term and immediate safety risk to local residents. Poor waste management has also led to significant disease outbreaks in the last few years but the agencies have failed miserably to address the issue, resulting in loss of lives,” he added.