Ghaziabad: Civic body clears 31,713 metric tonnes of waste from Madhuban Bapudham site
2 months, 1 week ago

Ghaziabad: Civic body clears 31,713 metric tonnes of waste from Madhuban Bapudham site

Hindustan Times  

On the directions of the National Green Tribunal, the Ghaziabad municipal corporation has cleared 31,713 metric tonnes of solid waste dumped at the sewage treatment plant site in Madhuban Bapudham site, municipal officials said on Monday. “The corporation had been dumping its solid waste adjacent to the sewage treatment plant site for the past three years, and finally we had to reach out to the green tribunal to get it removed. In connection with the petition, the civic agency in December 2024 had informed the tribunal that “approximately 61,000 metric tonnes of waste has accumulated at the site owing to the complete closure of road access to the processing site owing to the Kanwar Yatra”. It added that about 29,287 metric tonnes were shifted to the processing site in Bhikhanpur, while 31,713 metric tonnes of waste remained at the site in Madhuban Bapudham.

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