Report by Department of Urban Development, Uttar Pradesh on unscientific dumping of solid waste in Loni Nagar Palika Parishad, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 25/02/2020
Action taken report filed by the Department of Urban Development, Uttar Pradesh in original application No. 209/2019 on the matter pertaining to unscientific dumping of solid waste in Loni Nagar Palika Parishad.
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The report mentioned that the dumping site in Ahmad Nagar Navada earlier used by Nagar Palika Parishad Loni for disposing waste was no longer used and no fresh waste was being dumped on the site. For the legacy waste accumulated on the site over past years, the Nagar Palika Parishad Loni has been directed to prepare and execute plant for scientific treatment of the legacy waste as per CPCB guidelines of March 2019. Further, the government of Uttar Pradesh has sanctioned Rs. 5.31 crore of fund for development of scientific landfill site and processing facility for Nagar Palika. Also, the application for authorisatiion for developing processing site at Meerpur Hindu was still pending due to protest by the local populace and the authorities have been asked to resolve the issue.