Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, Mayor review solid waste management, aim to reclaim landfills by 2026
The meeting, attended by Deputy Mayor Jai Bhagwan Yadav, Leader of the House Pravesh Wahi, Standing Committee Chairperson Satya Sharma, Deputy Chairman Sundar Singh, MCD Commissioner Ashwani Kumar, Additional Commissioner Jitender Yadav, the MCD Chief Engineer, and other senior officials, centered on 13 key agenda items.
'The Corporation has ramped up biomining from 25,000 TPD to 30,000 TPD as of July 2025, with the target of complete landfill reclamation before the 2026 deadline,' said Singh.
The meeting also addressed progress on waste-to-energy (WTE) infrastructure. Singh noted that environmental clearance had been granted for a 3,000-ton-per-day WTE plant in Narela-Bawana. The clearance, issued on June 20 and made public by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, outlines a 30-megawatt facility to be developed through a public-private partnership with Jindal Urban Waste Management (Bawana) Limited. The plant will be located in Sector 5 of the Bawana Industrial Area in Northwest Delhi.
Local residents have continued to raise environmental and health concerns about the project.
In addition, Singh said that bids have been invited for a new WTE plant at Ghazipur, with in-principle approval for Viability Gap Funding (VGF) from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
Chief Minister Gupta emphasized the importance of using reclaimed landfill land for public benefit. 'One-third of the reclaimed area should be used for public welfare projects such as sports complexes, hospitals, and schools,' she said. The remaining area, officials said, would be reserved for the construction of future-ready waste processing infrastructure.
Among the new developments, Singh also announced that a 100 TPD Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant at Ghoga Dairy is set to be inaugurated on August 15, 2025. 'This is a major milestone in wet waste processing,' he said.
The meeting also underscored the need to establish additional biogas plants across the capital to address dairy waste management more comprehensively.
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