With no firms willing to take up the scientific closure of the Mulund dumping ground, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has extended the deadline to get a response to the tenders to mid-September. According to a contour survey carried out in September 2015, the total volume of the existing solid waste at the dumping ground is approximately 5.35 million cubic metre. The plan came up after repeated fires at Deonar and Mulund dumping grounds earlier this year highlighted the civic body’s faulty waste management procedure. After a delay of two months, the tenders for the landfill in Mulund were issued in May, but are yet to get any response from the companies. 10,50,000 metric tonnes will be processed at the ground, while the remaining 12 lakh metric tonnes will be taken up in the third waste.

Source: Hindustan Times September 04, 2016 18:56 UTC