NDMC float tenders for ‘green capping’ of Bhalswa landfill

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NEW DELHI: In an effort to better manage the Bhalswa landfill site, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) will carry selective excavation and composting work. A civil engineering professor from IIT-Delhi will be supervising the exercise.

Varsha Joshi, North Civic Body Commissioner said that this kind of drill was successfully conducted by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) at Okhla Landfill site. After the outcome of the present venture, the NDMC has planned to execute the landfill capping for which a tender has already been issued, Varsha added.

The procedure for green capping involves closing the landfill for fresh garbage, compressing the garbage with heavy machines and cutting steps into the slopes at an angle to ensure rain or earthquakes do not cause the landfill to collapse. The NDMC floated a tender for rehabilitation of the Bhalswa landfill, the second largest in Delhi, on March 28, 2019.

Bhalswa Landfill site reached the saturation point in 2008. It has 15 million metric tons of stored garbage and it is 150 feet long. According to the solid waste management rule, 2016, a landfill site should not be more than 65 feet.