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This is an archive article published on May 26, 2010
Delhi seeks access to Haryana waste plant
The Mayapuri radiation leak seems to have galvanised both the Centre and the Delhi governments into policy action on waste management.
The Mayapuri radiation leak seems to have galvanised both the Centre and the Delhi governments into policy action on waste management.
The governments of Delhi and Haryana will soon hold a meeting next month to discuss how the new hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal plant (TSDT) being created in Pali can be used to dispose of waste from the Capital. Haryana is coming up with a centre which will effectively treat hazardous waste. We have written to the state as Delhi also needs to get its hazardous waste treated. We have no systems as such in place to get our waste treated, said a senior official of Delhis Environment Department.
Meanwhile,the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has put in place new rules to track lead from batteries,a major pollutant. Newsline had earlier reported about the high amounts of lead in the daily lives of residents in the biggest cities,with Delhi registering high amounts in its groundwater and soil.
The Ministry has amended existing rules for handling batteries and added a clause specifying the need to keep records of used batteries and their sources.
The battery quantities and metal yields from them also have to be submitted to state pollution control boards. This essentially puts in place,at least on paper,a system to track the status and quantities of batteries which contain hazardous materials.
Importers and dealers too have to be registered.
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