India News | Delhi to Be Free from Construction and Demolition Waste in Two-three Months, Says Durgesh Pathak
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Delhi will be free from construction and demolition waste in two-three months and the civic body has identified 158 sites where such materials can be dumped, the AAP's MCD In-charge Durgesh Pathak said on Saturday.
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Delhi will be free from construction and demolition waste in two-three months and the civic body has identified 158 sites where such materials can be dumped, the AAP's MCD In-charge Durgesh Pathak said on Saturday.
Pathak said construction projects generate a lot of waste and, even after processing units being made available, people dump the materials on the roadside.
Also Read | PM Narendra Modi To Inaugurate 18 Atal Residential Schools on September 23 in Uttar Pradesh.
"We ran a pilot project in the west zone of Delhi for three months and it received remarkable success. We created construction and demolition waste dumping points under a pilot project and raised awareness among the people; there was a paradigm shift in the outcome," he added.
Earlier, only 48 metric ton garbage used to reach processing units from the west zone's three wards. After the pilot project, 132 metric ton garbage is reaching these units, the AAP leader said.
"People take construction and demolition waste to designated dumping points and the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) takes it to processing units from there. We have fenced them (dumping points) and sprinkle water to avoid waste or dust from spreading. The mayor, the deputy mayor and MCD officials have taken a decision to implement this pilot project across Delhi," Pathak said.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)