Centre assures Delhi civic bodies of new landfill sites

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 28 2016 | 10:23 PM IST
With Bhalswa and Gazipur landfill sites running to their full capacity, Delhi government today said that the Centre has assured the municipal corporations to provide land for new landfill site in the nation capital.
Special Secretary (Delhi Environment Department) Kulanand Joshi said that the assurance came at a meeting of Environment ministers of Delhi NCR, chaired by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javedkar yesterday.
"In the meeting, officials from municipal corporations raised the issue of land for new landfill site. The Union Environment Minister has assured that he will take up this matter with Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu," Joshi told reporters here.
There are three landfill sites in the national capital, which are running with their full capacity. Due to land crunch, MCD has not developed new landfill site.
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First Published: Apr 28 2016 | 10:23 PM IST

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