Gurgaon: Urban local bodies (ULB) commissioner and secretary Vikas Gupta directed the private agencies to expedite legacy waste processing to meet the new deadline of June. He gave these directions during his visit to the Bandhwari landfill site on Monday ahead of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) hearing scheduled for Tuesday. The secretary also directed the officials to clear the land for other companies to start legacy waste processing.
The work to process an additional 13 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste was recently given to three companies, two of which are already working at the landfill site.Two companies have been asked to process five lakh MT of legacy waste each and the other company will process three lakh MT legacy waste and if it performs well, the third company will be given an additional two lakh MT for processing. Gupta directed these companies to complete waste processing by June 15 and also gave them assurance to provide full cooperation to complete the work.
“The existing agencies should expedite their work. We have to process the entire legacy waste by June this year. The new agencies should be provided land to start legacy waste processing,” said Gupta during his visit to Bandhwari.
MCG officials told him that the agencies are sending the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to the cement companies for its further utilisation and compost and inert produced is also being disposed of by the agencies in accordance with the norms.
The environmentalists, however, claimed that they visited the areas surrounding the landfill site on Saturday (January 6) and found RDF dumped in the vicinity and covered with soil. They also found leachate flowing into the areas in the vicinity.
The work to process an additional 13 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste was recently given to three companies, two of which are already working at the landfill site.Two companies have been asked to process five lakh MT of legacy waste each and the other company will process three lakh MT legacy waste and if it performs well, the third company will be given an additional two lakh MT for processing. Gupta directed these companies to complete waste processing by June 15 and also gave them assurance to provide full cooperation to complete the work.
“The existing agencies should expedite their work. We have to process the entire legacy waste by June this year. The new agencies should be provided land to start legacy waste processing,” said Gupta during his visit to Bandhwari.
MCG officials told him that the agencies are sending the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to the cement companies for its further utilisation and compost and inert produced is also being disposed of by the agencies in accordance with the norms.
The environmentalists, however, claimed that they visited the areas surrounding the landfill site on Saturday (January 6) and found RDF dumped in the vicinity and covered with soil. They also found leachate flowing into the areas in the vicinity.