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The Ghazipur landfill (aka Mount Vikaas) is a
The Ghazipur landfill (aka Mount Vikaas) is a landfill waste dumping site
A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was ...
established in 1984. It is located in Ghazipur
Ghazipur, is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ghazipur city is the administrative headquarters of the Ghazipur district, one of the four districts that form the Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Ganges (Ganga) ...
, a village in the eastern district of Delhi
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, India
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.
The landfill covers an area of approximately and reaches heights of over . Ghazipur has become one of the largest landfills in Delhi. The landfill reached its maximum capacity in 2002; however, it continues to receive solid waste from the city of Delhi.
Despite efforts to mitigate problems, long-term mismanagement at the landfill has created significant ongoing environmental, fire, and human health hazards, with the site emitting toxic gases, polluting groundwater, and creating an extreme fire hazard.
A major fire broke out at the landfill site on 21 April 2024; the fire rapidly spread, engulfing several areas of the landfill. Toxic smoke from the fire has caused significant health and breathing problems. The cause of the fire is undetermined. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has requested a reply from the relevant authorities, such as the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), regarding the recent fire incident at the Ghazipur landfill site within a period of five weeks.
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See also
*Bhalswa landfill
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Bhalswa landfill is an overfilled landfill waste dumping site located in Delhi, India; it is over high. The site opened in 1994 and was declared overfilled in 2006, but remains in use, receiving more than 2,300 tons dumped daily in 20 ...
* Mavallipura
Mavallipura is a village to the north of Bangalore. A part of the village, about north of the main part of the city was used as an illegal landfill from 2003 to 2015 resulting in an ecological disaster.
The village of Mavallipura had about a p ...
* Waste management in India
Waste management in India falls under the purview of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). In 2016, this ministry released the Solid Wastage Management (SWM) Rules, which replaced by the Municipal Solid Waste ( ...
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