With an aim to “speed up” the process of cleaning up the Ghazipur landfill site, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation on Monday passed a resolution to implement bio-mining of “50 lakh tonnes” of heritage waste.
EDMC commissioner Vikas Anand said that “8 lakh tonnes” of heritage waste was “processed” in the last two years and that the civic body wanted to “increase the capacity of the processed waste” by roping in a subsidized one.
role of concessionaire
“The Ghazipur landfill has around 140 lakh tonnes of legacy waste and it will take a long time if we continue to process the waste at the current pace. Through the concessionaire, we are trying to expedite the process and also address the issues related to disposal of processed material. The responsibility of disposal of the processed waste will be with the concessionaire,” Mr. Anand said, adding that the time of completion of the project was 27 months.
The House also resolved that no challan will be issued to any resident of East Delhi for not segregating dry and wet waste until the EDMC comes up with a complete system to collect and dispose of such waste. .
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