Gautam Gambhir, EDMC Commissioner visit Ghazipur landfill site

BJP's East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday inspected the infamous Ghazipur landfill site followed by a review meeting in the same in which the idea of roping in National Highway Authority of India was floated. In the meeting, it was decided that on a priority basis talks will be held with all the ministries involved.

New Delhi: BJP MP Gautam Gambhir and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) Commissioner Dilraj Kaur on Tuesday visited the Ghazipur landfill site.

Ghazipur landfill is Asia's biggest garbage mountain, that falls under Gambhir''s parliamentary constituency of East Delhi. Locals have been demanding its removal for years.

Speaking to a news agency, Gambhir said, "Ghazipur landfill and the pollution caused by it is a big issue for Delhi. We need to find a permanent solution to this."

In October, last year Gambhir had inaugurated a ballistic separator as a part of the pilot project to reduce the height of Ghazipur landfill.

EDMC Commissioner, Dilraj Kaur said to a news agency, "We segregate the waste material according to its value, the plastic and like material is used in generating electricity. There are things that can be used in construction like material, so we will take it to a processing plant at Shastri Park. The other things that are left can be used as manure."

"Efforts are being made to remediate this land and to make the most out of it and reduce the pollution caused by it," she added.

(With inputs from ANI and IANS)