Amid the allegations made by the AAP against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) that the civic body is planning to build 16 new landfill sites in the national Capital while failing to clear "mountains" of filth at existing three landfills, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday asked the civic body to take strict legal action against "elements" misleading people.
In a series of tweets, Saxena said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has cleared 26.1 lakh metric ton of legacy waste in the last four months and the height of garbage mounds came down by 10-15 metres.
He also said "not a single" new dumping site is planned in the city. "Contrary to false claims by some people with partisan vested interests, NOT A SINGLE NEW DUMPING SITE IS PLANNED by MCD in the City," LG Saxena tweeted. "Have instructed MCD to take strict legal action against elements who mislead Delhi," the LG said in another tweet. According to statistics provided by LG Secretariat, legacy waste at landfill sites in the capital has come down from 22.91 million metric tonnes (MMT) in May to 20.3 MMT in September, reduction of 2.61 MMT over the past four months and about 652,000 MMT legacy waste being disposed of every month.
The AAP ahead of the MCD polls expected around December, has sharpened attack on the MCD and the BJP over "lack of sanitation" in Delhi and "garbage mountains" at landfill sites in Bhalaswa, Okhla and Ghazipur.
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