Play all audios:
The bench said, "CPCB, DPCC and MoEF&CC shall direct the NCT Delhi as well as all the local authorities concerned to provide more landfill sites in Delhi and such sanitary landfill
sites should be maintained and utilised strictly in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016. " The bench said, "CPCB, DPCC and MoEF&CC shall direct the NCT
Delhi as well as all the local authorities concerned to provide more landfill sites in Delhi and such sanitary landfill sites should be maintained and utilised strictly in accordance with
the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016." It also directed the Centre, the Delhi government and other local authorities to make contribution to ensure establishment of more
waste-to-energy plants at appropriate sites. "Existing landfill sites should be improved, their heights should immediately be reduced and bio-stabilisation of all the landfill sites
should be expedited. The reusable material particularly plastic waste should be recovered and utilised for construction of roads (national highways) and embankments in NCT of Delhi or any
other area," it said. It also directed the plant owner to improve the green belt by planting trees all around the site. The bench noted that Delhi is generating 14,100 metric tonnes of
mixed waste every day, which indicates the magnitude of problems related to handling and disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the national capital. "The need of the hour is to
ensure processing of the municipal waste with least residue by recourse to developed and tested technologies in that behalf. This waste is going to increase by the day. The local authorities
ought not to take it as a commercial venture but should be very cautious of the fact that it is their statutory duty to process the MSW in accordance with the Rules of 2016 and ensure that
there are no adverse impacts on public health and environment. "They need to tackle this huge problem with utmost sense of sincerity and objectivity. Similarly, the public at large
should not propagate the principle of 'not in my backyard' that too founded on no scientific data but only on mere apprehensions," it said. (This article has not been edited
by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)