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Ghazipur Landfill Cave-in: Where Have We 'Bin' Wrong?
Source: New 18, Date: , 2017
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New 18, New Delhi, Sep 3, 2017:- Three
unseeingly, but characteristic “monuments” greet us at major bordering
locations (Ghazipur from East, Bhalswa on North and Tehkhand in South) while we
enter the national capital. Not to forget stench of decaying garbage, a large
flock of predatory birds (Black KiteMilvus migrans); I am unsure if we were so
prepared to visually witness our disdains for urban ecosystem health. I talk of
city’s waste digesters, major landfill sites operated by municipalities for
over 50 years. A lax technique to channelise secure removal of waste from
middle of a city, these landfills admirably characterise burying one’s head in
sand. Of course, we never imagined hitting a roadblock, exhibited in our
frailty to comply with decade-old warnings of the honourable High Court,
decommissioning further usage of these sites. For urban growth in India, amidst
dazzle of global.
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