Why Nobody Cares About Delhi Garbage Dump || Vivpost

Delhi Garbage Dump located at Gazipur is now 65m tall!!
Qutub Minar is 73m tall and Delhi Garbage Dump is now just 8 M away from defeating it.

Gazipur Garbage Dump:-

Originated in 1984, East-Delhi famous Garbage Dump affecting people livelihood residing in nearby areas. Kausambhi, Kalyanpuri, Gharoli, Kondli.

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Features

• Field Area = 70 acres 
• Waste Weight = 12 Million Tonnes
• Height = 65 metres

Controversy

• On Sept 2, 2017, A part of Garbage fell from the pile and resulted in the death of 2 people on the spot. 
• Governor bans dumping of garbage at that site from immediate effects.

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Problems

• Non-Structured physical structure.
• Polluting Air and Water.
• Disease prone area.
• Slum area on its radar.
• Poor Connectivity to the rest of the city.
• Still a dumping ground despite Governor's ban in Sept 2017.

How to solve?

Waste-to-energy Technique:-

In this process, energy is generated in the form of heat or electricity from the waste material present at the sites by combustion.

A plant at Jahangirpuri is operational and working at a speed of 

1200 Tonnes per day (TPD) to generate 12MW electricity(green).

Hope this will be cleared soon and people will get rid of the tag.