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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Tuesday informed Bombay High Court that it would be closing down the dumping site at Mulund while it would be taking corrective steps in terms of Deonar dumping ground.
In March, the BMC had filed an application before the HC seeking exemption from immediate discontinuation and closure of Mulund and Deonar dumping grounds.
The corporation had said that it was seeking intervention by the court in the matter “in larger public interest for providing appropriate waste processing facility for Mumbai.”
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In the matter of Kanjurmarg dumping ground, which is not operational due to some litigation issues faced by the BNMC, the corporation maintained that the dumping ground was “completely legal.”
BMC told the court that a meeting with the urban development department had already taken place and they required more time to resolve the issue of dumping grounds with the state government.
Meanwhile, the state government said that it had sent a letter to the BMC on this issue, which reiterated that permission for continuation of the Mulund and the Deonar dumping grounds cannot be granted.
Earlier, the court had said that if the BMC and the state did not resolve the matter it would have to look at stopping construction in Mumbai, similar to the HC when it restrained Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) from giving any further permission for residential and commercial constructions, till they tackled their garbage dumping problem.
In their intervention application, the BMC had said that Mumbai generates 9,400 tonne of municipal solid waste and 1,000 tonnes of debris. In future, the generation of solid waste is likely to touch 10,000 to 11,500 tonne per day, said the BMC.
As against this, there are only two operational dumping grounds at Mulund and Deonar.
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