Voicing concern over the issue of disposal of municipal solid waste in the capital, the National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to complete the waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur by June this year.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Railways and Municipal Corporations to ensure that dustbins are placed at convenient places in slum clusters so that the residents do not have to walk long distance for dumping of waste.
The directions came after the Tribunal was informed that the waste processing plant at Okhla, which has a capacity of 2000 metric tonnes, was already at saturation level as nearly 1900 MT of MSW was already being processed at the plant everyday.
"We direct that the authorities shall take all steps within their power to complete this project as stipulated by June, 2015. This plant should become operative to deal with 1350 metric tonnes of MSW everyday," the bench said while hearing a plea alleging that dumping plastic, municipal solid waste and discharging human waste on railway tracks was adversely affecting the ecosystem.
"The Railway and the concerned Corporation shall tie-up with NCT, Delhi and start sanding their municipal solid waste to the Ghazipur site with effect from April 1, 2015," the bench said.
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