Search for landfill site faces barrier
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04/06/2005
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Hindu (New Delhi)
Desperate attempts by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to find a landfill site for solid waste disposal have hit a new roadblock. Even as some members of the Ridge Management Board strongly objected to MCD's suggestion for proposing a part of Bhatti mines area as a landfill site, a recent verification has revealed that the proposed land is not only a part of the Ridge area but also falls under a wildlife sanctuary.Worse, the allocation of a landfill site in the area could mean thwarting a Rs. 823 lakhs project of rehabilitating the Bhatti mines.A recent verification of the Bhatti mines over the past week by the Delhi Department of Forest and Wildlife has confirmed that the 'khasra' numbers of the pits proposed for the landfill site do fall under the wildlife sanctuary area. Since this is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, it would require permission from the National Board of Wildlife to divert this area.