8000 MT waste removed from landfill sites of Delhi

New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), in its statement on Thursday, August 25, said that it has received an order from private entities for utilising approximately 10,500 tonnes of construction and demolition waste from the landfill sites.

Over 8421 tonnes have already been removed from the landfill sites out of a total order of 10,500 tonnes. The MCD stated that the reusable waste was provided free of cost to the private entities. Three landfill sites of Bhalaswa, Okhla and Ghazipur cumulatively store over 280 lakh tonnes of waste.

Apart from the private entities, public agencies such as Public Works Department (PWD) have also come forward for the utilisation of waste material.

The local body also added that earlier it used to bear the cost of transportation of reusable waste to the construction sites, and now it has saved over Rs 42.11 lakh from disposing of 8421.75 tonnes of waste.