From garbage mountains to cleaner cities: How Delhi is showing India the way
Delhi is making significant progress in processing legacy waste at its three major landfill sites, having reclaimed 100 acres of land through biomining. The government aims to flatten these sites by upcoming deadlines, though challenges remain in preventing new waste accumulation.
Why it matters
This represents a critical urban infrastructure success in one of the world's most polluted cities, serving as a model for waste management.
NEW DELHI: For years, Delhi’s three giant landfill sites at Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur have been hard to miss — both physically and as a reminder of how badly the capital has struggled to deal with its waste.Now, there is finally some visible progress. Around 2.16 crore metric tonnes of legacy waste has been processed at the three sites and 100 acres of land reclaimed, according to the Delhi government.The numbers underline the scale of the exercise. Bhalswa has seen around 1.02 crore tonnes of waste processed and 45 acres reclaimed. At Okhla, 70 lakh tonnes have been processed and 35 acres recovered, while Ghazipur has accounted for another 44 lakh tonnes and 20 acres.Together, the reclaimed 100 acres is a sizeable piece of land in a city where every available acre is under pressure.
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