May 28, 2020
As the proposal got passed
"As the EDMC area generates thousands of metric tonnes of waste daily, its
proper disposal has been a challenging task. If things go well, the NHAI will
set up a plant near the site and will segregate the solid waste. As the proposal
got passed, the Corporation has been empowered to sign a MoU and once it would
be inked, the highway authority will be allowed to use the material for the
purpose," said Jitender Chaudhary, chairman, standing committee. Ignoring the
actual capacity of the city, the EDMC dumps nearly 2,500 metric tonne garbage
daily. Since proposal has been made by the NHAI, entire cost for setting up of
plant and transportation of the produced material will be borne by the NHAI
itself," said a senior EDMC official. Following which the matter was placed
before the standing committee for approval.The EDMC officials inform that the
landfill site, spread over 30-acre land, got saturated earlier in 2004, but
dumping of garbage is still taking place.Solid waste from the Ghazipur landfill
site in East Delhi would be used in the construction of Delhi-Meerut Expressway,
a section of NH-24, in a move aimed at curbing pollution in the city.The move
comes after a study was conducted by the CSIR-Central Road Research Institute.
This will be in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s directions for use of
waste in a productive way. The institute submitted its report to NHAI a couple
of months back and said that the municipal solid waste contains about 65 to 70
per cent of soil components which can be used in embankment construction after
segregation. "NHAI and urban development ministry had sought permission for
utilisation of MSW for highway construction programme on NH-24 earlier.The
standing committee of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday approved
the proposal that would pave the way for EDMC’s collaboration with National
Highway Authority of India and the ministry of urban development on this
project. Since the site has stored enormous volume of garbage, its disposal and
reclamation of land has become difficult.. Through segregation, nearly 70 per
cent solid waste will be extracted as road filler China Plastic Pallet
Manufacturers while remaining will be used as raw material for
waste-to-energy plant
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