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New Delhi: Of the more than 14,000 tonnes per day (TPD) of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), only 10,729 TPD is processed, leaving a little over 3,000 TPD waste untreated every day..
This and more such details related to waste management in Delhi and NCR are part of a central government affidavit filed in the Supreme Court...
Taking note of the affidavit, a bench led by Justice Abhay S. Oka Monday termed the situation of solid waste management in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Alwar and Greater Noida, as horrible..
While the processing capacity in Ghaziabad is more than the waste production, Noidas shortfall is 218 TPD.The total legacy waste assessed in Ghaziabad is 2.69 LMT, of which 1.46 LMT has been remediated, whereas in greater Noida it is 3.69 MLT..
As for the C&D waste, Ghaziabad is for now well equipped to match the daily generation of 325 TPD, but Greater Noida still lacks the facility to dispose of 100-500 TDP produced every day, said the affidavit...
