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Environment Minister Gopal Rai has directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to impose a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the North Delhi Municipal Corporation for the fire that broke out at the Bhalswa landfill recently.
The environment department has also issued directions to the North MCD to provide permanent water tanker stations at the landfill site to deal with insufficient water supply, and increase the number of field workers, according to Rai. The North MCD has also been directed to construct peripheral roads for easy transportation at the landfill site, stated a communication from the Environment Minister’s office.
Last week, Rai held a meeting with representatives from various organisations, institutions and departments including The Energy and Resources Institute, Centre for Science and Environment, IIT Delhi, DPCC, and the MCDs to determine a way to deal with methane emissions from landfill sites.
There have been four instances of fires at landfills so far this summer — three at Ghazipur and one at Bhalswa. Last month, the Environment Minister directed the DPCC to impose a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the East MCD for the fire that broke out at the Ghazipur landfill.
Rai said that according to the report submitted by the DPCC on the Bhalswa landfill fire, “constant discharge of methane gas from these landfill sites, rising temperatures in Delhi, and a dry atmosphere are among the main reasons behind the regular fires in landfill sites”.
A four-member team comprising representatives from the East and North MCDs and the DPCC will visit Mumbai on May 2 to collect information on a “gas sucking” mechanism that was used there, the communication said.
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