The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has determined to deploy drones to map the elevation of landfills and in addition monitor the discount in its top together with different parameters, officers mentioned on Saturday.
The nationwide capital has three landfill websites – Ghazipur, Bhalaswa and Okhla – which have became enormous rubbish mountains.
A plan on this connection has been ready and the venture will quickly be carried out, they mentioned.
They mentioned the report of the drone survey may also be despatched to the Lieutenant Governor workplace regularly.
The transfer comes round a fortnight after LG Vinai Kumar Saxena visited Ghazipur landfill website and had requested MCD officers to submit a standing report on their plan to raze these dumping websites.
Following LG’s directions, the civic physique had final week submitted a standing report on efforts being taken to scale back the peak of landfills.
The MCD has listed steps akin to biomining of legacy waste and organising of waste-to-energy vegetation to flatten and shut rubbish dumping websites in its standing report on landfills.
Frequent incidents of fireside on the landfills situated on the borders of the capital have additionally left the individuals dwelling within the neighborhood of the rubbish mountains gasping for breath.
A senior MCD official mentioned that the municipality is utilizing all instruments to flatten the landfill and successfully monitor the work execution.
“In our latest move, a plan has been prepared to deploy drones to measure the height of the three garbage mounds across the city and also monitor the reduction in their heights along with other parameters. The move is aimed at getting exact idea of dimensions of landfills and by what speed their heights are reducing through a number efforts being taken,” the official instructed PTI requesting anonymity.
He mentioned {that a} comparable pilot train was carried out just a few months again which has yielded good outcomes.
The official defined that first the peak and different dimensions of the three landfill websites shall be measured via drones and after every 2-3 months their dimensions shall be surveyed once more which can reveal actual deduction within the top of rubbish dump websites.
The civic officers mentioned the deadline to flatten the Ghazipur landfill is December 2024 whereas efforts are on to raze the Bhalaswa dumping website by July subsequent yr. The Okhla landfill is prone to be flattened by December 2023.
In 2019, the peak of the Ghazipur landfill was 65 metres which was solely eight metres lower than the peak of Qutub Minar.
In 2017, a portion of Ghazipur landfill had fallen on an adjoining street through which two individuals had been killed.
Another MCD official mentioned that correct images and videography of those landfill websites shall be executed in the course of the survey via drones.
“The project is being taken up on priority and will be executed soon. Report regarding monitoring and steps being taken to flatten the landfill sites will also be sent to the LG office on a regular basis,” the official mentioned.
According to civic officers, the town cumulatively generates round 11,400 metric tons of rubbish out of which practically 6,200 metric tons is dumped at these three landfills.
The remaining 5,200 metric ton rubbish is processed domestically with the assistance of compactors and Waste-To-Energy (WTE) vegetation.
According to the civic officers, cumulatively practically 250 lakh tonnes of legacy waste is mendacity on the three landfill websites which must be processed.
The MCD has deployed trommel machines on the three landfill websites for biomining or processing of legacy waste.
It can be organising WTE vegetation to reinforce the capability of waste processing. The municipality has additionally been making efforts to encourage waste segregation and processing on the supply.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”