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MCD asks Delhi fire dept to suggest new ways to douse landfill fires, NGT told
4 months, 2 weeks ago

MCD asks Delhi fire dept to suggest new ways to douse landfill fires, NGT told

Hindustan Times  

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has reached out to the fire department to suggest new techniques or equipment to douse landfill fires as conventional methods were not working, the civic body told the National Green Tribunal in a report on the three-day-long fire that broke out at Ghazipur landfill in April, officials aware of the matter said. MCD also said …

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For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat
5 months, 3 weeks ago

For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

LA Times  

Waste pickers Salmaa and Usmaan Shekh, right, search for recyclable materials during a heat wave this month at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India. Chaturvedi, who has worked with waste pickers for more than two decades, said extreme heat has added new risks to waste pickers who are already victims of social discrimination and appalling work conditions. …

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MCD unlikely to flatten Okhla landfill by year-end
1 year, 8 months ago

MCD unlikely to flatten Okhla landfill by year-end

The Hindu  

: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is unlikely to clear the Okhla Sanitary Landfill by the end of this year, a senior civic official said. In March this year, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that Okhla and Bhalswa SLFs will be cleared by December 2023 and March 2024, respectively. According to the data provided by the official, the Okhla and …

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Kejriwal directs MCD to expedite work on clearing Delhi’s landfills
1 year, 8 months ago

Kejriwal directs MCD to expedite work on clearing Delhi’s landfills

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday directed municipal officials to expedite work on clearing the three landfills in the city, formulate a landfill management plan within next 15 days and construct a new construction-demolition waste processing plant on an “emergency basis”, a government spokesperson said. The chief minister held a review meeting on Thursday with Municipal Corporation of Delhi …

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