Use power tariffs for a transformation: The strategy Delhi needs to resolve its waste crisis
If there is one defining feature of municipal services in large parts of India, it is chronic underfunding and under investment. In April 2022, there was a super emitter event at the Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi, captured by satellite data which showed that methane emissions from the landfill reached 438 metric tonnes per hour, which is equivalent to 68 million cars plying at the same time, or roughly ten times the 7 million or so total registered vehicles, in Delhi, in March 2023. Solving the problem of waste: Globally, there are two broadly accepted strategies for solid waste management: landfills and various categories of waste processing plants. In Delhi, the average daily generation of solid waste is about 11,000 metric tonnes per day, which is likely to grow significantly as the per capita generation increases from 0.6kg per head per day to levels in excess of 1.5kg per head. Currently, Delhi’s three WTE plants account for 60% of solid waste processing, while approximately 3,800 metric tonnes or 40% goes unprocessed and is dumped at three landfills—Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla.
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