The dangers posed by the landfills to people living around them were brought to the notice of the NGT. The NGT has dealt with two petitions on waste management. It had said that all three landfills were commissioned before the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2000, were notified, and that their design was not as per the the rules. The second and ongoing petition was filed by environment activists Almitra Patel and Kudrat Sandhu on issues of solid waste management in the country. For Delhi-specific waste management issues, the NGT directed the Union Environment Ministry to form four sub-committees to inspect bulk waste generators.

Source: dna September 09, 2017 01:41 UTC